ANNUAL DAYS AND WEEKS
21 February International Mother Language Day
8 March United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace (International Women's Day)
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Beginning 21 March Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
22 March World Day for Water
23 March World Meteorological Day
7 April World Health Day
23 April World Book and Copyright Day
3 May World Press Freedom Day
15 May International Day of Families
17 May World Telecommunication Day
21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
Beginning 25 May Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
29 May International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 May World No-Tobacco Day
4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June World Environment Day
17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 June World Refugee Day
23 June United Nations Public Service Day
26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 June International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
3 July International Day of Cooperatives (first Saturday of July)
11 July World Population Day
9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 August International Youth Day
23 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
8 September International Literacy Day
16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 September International Day of Peace
September World Maritime Day (during last week of September)
1 October International Day of Older Persons
4 October World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)
4-10 October World Space Week
5 October World Teachers' Day
9 October World Post Day
10 October World Mental Health Day
13 October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of October)
15 October Global Handswashing Day.
16 October World Food Day
17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 October United Nations Day
24 October World Development Information Day
24-30 October Disarmament Week
6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
16 November International Day for Tolerance
20 November Africa Industrialization Day
20 November Universal Children's Day
21 November World Television Day
25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1 December World AIDS Day
2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December International Day of Disabled Persons
5 December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 December International Civil Aviation Day
10 December Human Rights Day
11 December International Mountain Day
18 December International Migrants Day
