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January
27

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
A/RES/60/7

February
4 

World Cancer Day [WHO]
A/RES/62/10

 
20

World Day of Social Justice
A/RES/62/10

 
21

International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]
A/RES/56/262

March
8

International Women's Day
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |

 
20

French Language Day at the UN

 
21

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

A/RES/2142 (XXI)

 
21

World Poetry Day [UNESCO]

 
21

International Day of Nowruz
A/RES/64/253

 
22

World Water Day
A/RES/47/193

 
23

World Meteorological Day  [WMO]
WMO/EC-XII/Res.6

 
24

World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]
WMO/EC-XII/Res.6

 
25

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
A/RES/62/122 <!--[draft res. A/62/L.32] -->

April
2

World Autism Awareness Day
A/RES/62/139 <!--[draft res. A/62/435] -->

 
4

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
A/RES/60/97

 
7

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide

 
7

World Health Day [WHO]
WHA/A.2/Res.35

 
20

Chinese Language Day at the UN

 
22

International Mother Earth Day
A/RES/63/278

 
23

English Language Day at the UN

 
23

World Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO]

Resolution 3.18 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference

 
25

World Malaria Day [WHO]

 
26

World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]

 
28

World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]

May
3

World Press Freedom Day
A/DEC/48/432

 
8–9

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
A/RES/59/26

 
9–10

World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]

 
15

International Day of Families
A/RES/47/237

 
17

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
A/RES/60/252

 
21

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
A/RES/57/249

 
22

International Day for Biological Diversity
A/RES/55/201

 
29

International Day of UN Peacekeepers
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 - 60th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
A/RES/57/129

 
31

World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]
Resolution 42.19 of the 42nd session of WHO

June
4

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
A/RES/ES-7/8

 
5

World Environment Day [UNEP]
A/RES/2994 (XXVII)

 
6

Russian Language Day at the UN

 
8

World Oceans Day
A/RES/63/111

 
12

World Day Against Child Labour [ILO]

 
14

World Blood Donor Day [WHO]
WHA58.13

 
17

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
A/RES/49/115

 
20

World Refugee Day
A/RES/55/76

 
23

United Nations Public Service Day
A/RES/57/277

 
25

Day of the Seafarer
STCW/CONF.2/DC.4

 
26

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
A/RES/42/112

 
26

United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
A/RES/52/149

July
3 (First Saturday)

International Day of Cooperatives
A/RES/47/90

 
11

World Population Day
UNDP decision 89/46

 
18

Nelson Mandela International Day
GA draft resolution A/64/L.13
(A/RES/64/13)

August
9

International Day of the World's Indigenous People
A/RES/49/214

 
12

International Youth Day
A/RES/54/120

 
19

World Humanitarian Day
A/RES/63/139

 
23

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]
Decision 8.2 of the 150th session of the UNESCO Executive Board

 
26

Namibia Day
A/RES/3111(XXVIII)

 
29

International Day against Nuclear Tests
A/RES/64/169
Draft resolution: A/64/391

September
8

International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
Resolution 1.141 of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference

 
10

World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]

 
15

International Day of Democracy
A/RES/62/7 <!--[draft res. A/62/L.9 + Add.1] -->

 
16

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
A/RES/49/114

 
21

International Day of Peace
|2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
A/RES/36/67
A/RES/55/282

 
23 (Last Week)

World Maritime Day
IMCO/C XXXVIII/21

 
26

World Heart Day [WHO]

 
27

World Tourism Day

 
28

World Rabies Day [WHO]

October
1

International Day of Older Persons
A/RES/45/106

 
2

International Day of Non-Violence
A/RES/61/271

 
4 (First Monday)

World Habitat Day
A/RES/40/202 A

 
5

World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]
UNESCOPRESSE, vol.4, no.17, p.9

 
9

World Post Day [UPU]
UPU/Tokyo Congress 1969/Res.C.11

 
10

World Mental Health Day [WHO]

 
12

Spanish Language Day at the UN

 
13

International Day for Disaster Reduction
A/RES/44/236
A/RES/64/200

 
14 (Second Thursday)

World Sight Day [WHO]

 
15

International Day of Rural Women
A/RES/62/136

 
16

World Food Day

A/RES/35/70

 
17

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
A/RES/47/196

 
20

World Statistics Day

A/RES/64/267

 
24

United Nations Day
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001
A/RES/168 (II) A/RES/2782 (XXVI)

 
24

World Development Information Day
A/RES/3038 (XXVII)

 
27

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]

November
6

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
A/RES/56/4

 
10

World Science Day for Peace and Development [UNESCO]

 
14

World Diabetes Day [WHO]
A/RES/61/225

 
16

International Day for Tolerance
Resolution 5.61of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference

A/RES/51/95
 

 
17

World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day [WHO]

 
18 (Third Thursday)

World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]

 
20

Universal Children’s Day

 
20

Africa Industrialization Day
A/RES/44/237

 
21 (Third Sunday)

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
A/RES/60/5

 
21

World Television Day
A/RES/51/205

 
25

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
A/RES/54/134

 
29

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
A/RES/32/40B

December
1

World AIDS Day
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2001 | 2000

 
2

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

 
3

International Day of Persons with Disabilities
2010 | 2009 | 2008
A/RES/47/3

 
5

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
A/RES/40/212

 
7

International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]
A/RES/51/33

 
9

International Anti-Corruption Day
A/RES/58/4

 
10

Human Rights Day
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
A/RES/423 (V)

 
11

International Mountain Day
A/RES/57/245

 
18

International Migrants Day
A/RES/55/93

 
18

Arabic Language Day at the UN

 
19

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
A/RES/58/220

 
20

International Human Solidarity Day
A/RES/60/209