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 United Nations Observances

INTERNATIONAL DECADES

1993-2003 -- Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

1994-2004 -- International Decade of the World's Indigenous People

1995-2004 -- United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education

1997-2006 -- United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty

2001-2010 -- Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa

2001-2010 -- Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

2001-2010 -- International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World

2003-2012 -- United Nations Literacy Decade: Education for All

2005-2014 -- United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

INTERNATIONAL YEARS

2003 -- International Year of Freshwater

2003 -- Year of Kyrgyz Statehood

2004 -- International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and Its Abolition

2004 -- International Year of Rice

2005 -- International Year of Microcredit

INTERNATIONAL DAYS AND WEEKS

21 February -- International Mother Language Day

8 March -- United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace

21 March -- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21 March -- Beginning of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

22 March -- World Day for Water

23 March -- World Meteorological Day

7 April -- World Health Day

23 April -- World Book and Copyright Day

3 May -- World Press Freedom Day

15 May -- International Day of Families

17 May -- World Telecommunication Day

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

22 May -- International Day for Biological Diversity

25 May -- Beginning of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

29 May -- International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

31 May -- World No-Tobacco Day

4 June -- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 June -- World Environment Day

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 -- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

5 July -- International Day of Cooperatives (first Saturday of July)

11 July -- World Population Day

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

8 September -- International Literacy Day

16 September -- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 September -- International Day of Peace

September -- World Maritime Day (during last week of September)

1 October -- International Day of Older Persons

4-10 October -- World Space Week

5 October -- World Teachers' Day

6 October -- World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)

8 October -- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of October)

9 October -- World Post Day

10 October -- World Mental Health Day

16 October -- World Food Day

17 October -- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

24 October -- United Nations Day

24 October -- World Development Information Day

24-30 October -- Disarmament Week

6 November -- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

16 November -- International Day for Tolerance

20 November -- Africa Industrialization Day

20 November -- Universal Children's Day

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

1 December -- World AIDS Day

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

10 December -- Human Rights Day

18 December -- International Migrants Day