Memorable days

February
• 2 World Wetlands Day
• 21 International Mother Language Day
March

• 8 International Women's Day and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
• 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21 World Poetry Day
• 22 World Water Day
• 23 World Meteorological Day
April

• 7 World Health Day
• 18 World Heritage Day
• 23 World Book and Copyright Day
May

• 3 World Press Freedom Day
• 15 International Day of Families
• 17 World Telecommunication Day + Information Society Day
• 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• 22 International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001)
• 25 Africa day
• 25-June 1 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
• 29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
• 31 World No-Tobacco Day
June

• 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 5 World Environment Day
• 8 World Oceans Day
• 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 20 World Refugee Day
• 23 United Nations Public Service Day
July

• 3 (First Saturday) International Day of Cooperatives
• 11 World Population Day
August

• 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• 12 International Youth Day
• 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September

• 8 International Literacy Day
• 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 21 International Day of Peace
• 27 World Tourism Day
• Last Week World Maritime Day
October

• 1 International Day for Older Persons
• 4 - 10 World Space Week
• 3 World Habitat Day
• 5 World Teacher's Day
• 10 International day for Disaster Reduction
• 9 World Post Day
• 10 World Mental Health Day
• 16 World Food Day
• 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 24 United Nations Day and World Development Information Day
• 24-30 Disarmament Week
November

• 6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
• 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO
• 16 International Day of Tolerance
• 20 Universal Children's Day and Africa Industrialization Day
• 21 World Television Day
• 21 World Fisheries Day
• 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
December

• 1 World AIDS Day
• 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3 International Day of Disabled Persons
• 5 International Volunteer Day
• 7 International Civil Aviation Day
• 10 Human Rights Day
• 11 International Mountain Day
• 18 International Migrants Day