United Nations days

UN days

International days - Listed below are the days and weeks officially recognised by the United Nations (click on the month for details)

January

27 January - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

February

March

April

May

3 May - Sun Day (UNEP)
3 May - World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO)
15 May - International Day of Families
17 May - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (ITU)
21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UNESCO)
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
25 May - Africa Day
Beginning 25 May - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
31 May - World No-Tobacco Day (WHO)

June

4 June - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (in French)
5 June - World Environment Day (UNEP)
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 - United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July

August

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 (UNESCO)

September

October

November

6 November - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
10 November - World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)
3rd Thursday of November - World Philosophy Day (UNESCO)
16 November - International Day of Tolerance (UNESCO)
20 November - Africa Industrialization Day
20 November - Universal Children's Day (UNICEF)
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

December

1 December - World AIDS Day (WHO)
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 (ICAO)
9 December - International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December - Human Rights Day
11 December - International Mountain Day
18 December - International Migrants Day
19 December - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation