UN declared International Days

Date Weekday Holiday Name

Jan 27 Saturday International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Feb 4 Sunday World Cancer Day

Feb 6 Tuesday International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Feb 11 Sunday International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Feb 13 Tuesday World Radio Day

Feb 20 Tuesday World Day of Social Justice

Feb 21 Wednesday International Mother Language Day

Mar 1 Thursday Zero Discrimination Day

Mar 3 Saturday World Wildlife Day

Mar 8 Thursday International Women's Day

Mar 20 Tuesday International Day of Happiness

Mar 21 Wednesday International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Mar 21 Wednesday World Poetry Day

Mar 21 Wednesday International Day of Nowruz

Mar 21 Wednesday World Down Syndrome Day

Mar 21 Wednesday International Day of Forests

Mar 22 Thursday World Water Day

Mar 23 Friday World Meteorological Day

Mar 24 Saturday World Tuberculosis Day

Saturday International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights
Mar 24
Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

Sunday International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave
Mar 25
Trade
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Mar 25 Sunday International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members

Apr 2 Monday World Autism Awareness Day

Apr 4 Wednesday United Nations' Mine Awareness Day

Apr 6 Friday International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

Apr 7 Saturday United Nations' World Health Day

Apr 7 Saturday Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide

Apr 12 Thursday International Day of Human Space Flight

Apr 20 Friday Chinese Language Day

Apr 22 Sunday Earth Day

Apr 23 Monday World Book and Copyright Day

Apr 23 Monday English Language Day

Apr 25 Wednesday World Malaria Day

Apr 26 Thursday World Intellectual Property Day

Apr 26 Thursday International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

Apr 28 Saturday World Day for Safety and Health at Work

Apr 29 Sunday Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

Apr 30 Monday International Jazz Day

May 2 Wednesday World Tuna Day

May 3 Thursday World Press Freedom Day

Tuesday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during
May 8
the Second World War

May 12 Saturday World Migratory Bird Day

May 15 Tuesday International Day of Families

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May 17 Thursday World Information Society Day

May 21 Monday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

May 22 Tuesday International Day for Biological Diversity

May 23 Wednesday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

May 29 Tuesday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

May 29 Tuesday Day of Vesak

May 31 Thursday World No Tobacco Day

Jun 1 Friday Global Day of Parents

Jun 4 Monday International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

Jun 5 Tuesday World Environment Day

Jun 8 Friday World Oceans Day

Jun 12 Tuesday World Day Against Child Labour

Jun 13 Wednesday International Albinism Awareness Day

Jun 14 Thursday World Blood Donor Day

Jun 15 Friday World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Jun 16 Saturday International Day of Family Remittances

Jun 17 Sunday World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Jun 19 Tuesday International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Jun 20 Wednesday World Refugee Day

Jun 21 Thursday International Day of Yoga

Jun 23 Saturday Public Service Day

Jun 23 Saturday International Widows' Day

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Jun 25 Monday Day of the Seafarer

Jun 26 Tuesday International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Jun 26 Tuesday International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Jun 30 Saturday International Asteroid Day

Jul 7 Saturday International Day of Cooperatives

Jul 11 Wednesday World Population Day

Jul 15 Sunday World Youth Skills Day

Jul 18 Wednesday Nelson Mandela Day

Jul 28 Saturday World Hepatitis Day

Jul 30 Monday International Day of Friendship

Jul 30 Monday World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Aug 9 Thursday International Day of the World's Indigenous People

Aug 12 Sunday International Youth Day

Aug 19 Sunday World Humanitarian Day

Aug 23 Thursday International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

Aug 29 Wednesday International Day against Nuclear Tests

Aug 30 Thursday International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Sep 5 Wednesday International Day of Charity

Sep 8 Saturday International Literacy Day

Sep 10 Monday World Suicide Prevention Day

Sep 12 Wednesday International Day for South-South Cooperation

Sep 15 Saturday International Day of Democracy

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Sep 16 Sunday International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

Sep 21 Friday International Day of Peace

Sep 26 Wednesday International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Sep 27 Thursday World Maritime Day

Sep 27 Thursday World Tourism Day

Sep 28 Friday World Rabies Day

Oct 1 Monday International Day of Older Persons

Oct 1 Monday World Habitat Day

Oct 2 Tuesday International Day of Non-Violence

Oct 5 Friday World Teachers' Day

Oct 9 Tuesday World Post Day

Oct 10 Wednesday International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

Oct 10 Wednesday World Mental Health Day

Oct 11 Thursday International Day of the Girl Child

Oct 15 Monday International Day of Rural Women

Oct 16 Tuesday World Food Day

Oct 17 Wednesday International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Oct 24 Wednesday United Nations Day

Oct 24 Wednesday World Development Information Day

Oct 27 Saturday World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Oct 31 Wednesday World Cities Day

Nov 2 Friday International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
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Tuesday International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and
Nov 6
Armed Conflict

Nov 10 Saturday World Science Day for Peace and Development

Nov 14 Wednesday World Diabetes Day

Nov 15 Thursday World Philosophy Day

Nov 16 Friday International Day for Tolerance

Nov 18 Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Nov 19 Monday World Toilet Day

Nov 20 Tuesday Universal Children's Day

Nov 20 Tuesday Africa Industrialization Day

Nov 21 Wednesday World Television Day

Nov 25 Sunday International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Nov 29 Thursday International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Dec 1 Saturday World AIDS Day

Dec 2 Sunday International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Dec 3 Monday International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Dec 5 Wednesday International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

Dec 5 Wednesday World Soil Day

Dec 7 Friday International Civil Aviation Day

Dec 9 Sunday International Anti-Corruption Day

Dec 9 Sunday World Genocide Commemoration Day

Dec 10 Monday Human Rights Day

Dec 11 Tuesday International Mountain Day

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Dec 18 Tuesday International Migrants Day

Dec 18 Tuesday Arabic Language Day

Dec 20 Thursday International Human Solidarity Day