International Days
These are the international days currently observed by the United Nations. New international days are established regularly. The resolution establishing each international day is listed in parenthesis.
JANUARY
27 January
FEBRUARY
4 February
6 February
13 February
World Radio Day [UNESCO]
20 February
21 February
MARCH
1 March
Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]
3 March
8 March
20 March
21 March
21 March
World Poetry Day [UNESCO]
21 March
21 March
World Down Syndrome Day A/RES/66/149 (draft A/C.3/66/L.27)
21 March
22 March
23 March
World Meteorological Day [WMO] WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
24 March
World Tuberculosis Day [WHO] (WMO/EC-XII/Res.)6
24 March
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims (A/RES/65/196)
25 March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/RES/62/122)
25 March
APRIL
2 April
4 April
6 April
7 April
7 April
World Health Day [WHO] (WHA/A.2/Res.35)
12 April
22 April
23 April
23 April
24 - 30 April
25 April
World Malaria Day [WHO]
26 April
28 April
29 April
30 April
MAY
3 May
8-9 May
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War (A/RES/59/26)
9-10 May
World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
15 May
17 May
21 May
22 May
23 May
29 May
31 May
JUNE
1 June
1 June
4 June
5 June
6 June
Russian Language Day at the UN (in Russian)
8 June
12 June
14 June
World Blood Donor Day [WHO] (WHA58.13)
15 June
17 June
20 June
21 June
International Day of Yoga (A/RES/69/131)
23 June
23 June
25 June
Day of the Seafarer [IMO] (STCW/CONF.2/DC.4)
26 June
26 June
26 June
International Albinism Awareness Day
JULY
4 July (first Saturday in July)
11 July
World Population Day (UNDP decision 89/46 15)
15 July
World Youth Skills Day (draft A/C.3/69/L.13/Rev.1)
18 July
28 July
World Hepatitis Day [WHO]
30 July
30 July
AUGUST
9 August
12 August
19 August
23 August
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)
29 August
30 August
SEPTEMBER
5 September
International Day of Charity (A/RES/67/105) draft (9A/67/L.45)
8 September
International Literacy Day [UNESCO] (Resolution 1.141 of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference)
12 September
15 September
16 September
21 September
25 September (last week of September)
World Maritime Day [IMO] (IMCO/C XXXVIII/21)
26 September
27 September
OCTOBER
1 October
2 October
5 October
World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO] (UNESCOPRESSE, vol.4, no.17, p.9)
5 October (first Monday in October)
9 October
World Post Day (UPU/Tokyo Congress 1969/Res.C.11)
11 October
13 October
15 October
16 October
World Food Day [FAO] (A/RES/35/70)
17 October
24 October
24 October
27 October
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]
31 October
NOVEMBER
2 November
6 November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4)
10 November
14 November
World Diabetes Day (A/RES/61/225)
15 November (third Sunday in November)
16 November
International Day for Tolerance (Resolution 5.61 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference) (A/RES/51/95)
19 November
World Toilet Day (A/67/L.75) (draft)
19 November (third Thursday in November)
20 November
20 November
21 November
25 November
29 November
DECEMBER
1 December
2 December
3 December
5 December
5 December
World Soil Day [FAO] (A/RES/68/232)
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