January
February
4 February World Cancer Day [WHO
6 February International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO]
13 February World Radio Day [UNESCO]
20 February World Day of Social Justice
21 February International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]
March
8 March International Women's Day
20 March International Day of Happiness
21 March World Poetry Day [UNESCO]
21 March International Day of Nowruz
24 March World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]
25 March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
2 April World Autism Awareness Day
7 April World Health Day [WHO]
22 April `International Mother Earth Day
23 April World Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO]
25 April World Malaria Day [WHO]
26 April World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]
28 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]
30 April International Jazz Day
May
3 May World Press Freedom Day
5 May Day of Vesak
8-9 May Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
12-13 May World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
17 May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]
29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31 May World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]
June
1 June Global Day of Parents
5 June World Environment Day [UNEP]
8 June World Oceans Day
12 June World Day against Child Labour [ILO]
14 June World Blood Donor Day [WHO]
15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
20 June World Refugee Day
25 June Day of the Seafarer [IMO]
July
August
September
8 September International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
15 September International Day of Democracy
21 September International Day of Peace
27 September
(Last week of
(Last week of
29 September
(Last Saturday in
(Last Saturday in
October
5 October World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]
13 October International Day for Disaster Reduction
24 October United Nations Day
November
6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
15 November
(Third Thursday
in November) World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
(Third Thursday
in November) World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
December
1 December World AIDS Day
3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities
10 December Human Rights Day
20 December International Human Solidarity Day
January
February
4 February World Cancer Day [WHO
6 February International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation [WHO]
13 February World Radio Day [UNESCO]
20 February World Day of Social Justice
21 February International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]
March
8 March International Women's Day
20 March International Day of Happiness
21 March World Poetry Day [UNESCO]
21 March International Day of Nowruz
24 March World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]
25 March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
2 April World Autism Awareness Day
7 April World Health Day [WHO]
22 April `International Mother Earth Day
23 April World Book and Copyright Day [UNESCO]
25 April World Malaria Day [WHO]
26 April World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]
28 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]
30 April International Jazz Day
May
3 May World Press Freedom Day
5 May Day of Vesak
8-9 May Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
12-13 May World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
17 May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]
29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers
31 May World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]
June
1 June Global Day of Parents
5 June World Environment Day [UNEP]
8 June World Oceans Day
12 June World Day against Child Labour [ILO]
14 June World Blood Donor Day [WHO]
15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
20 June World Refugee Day
25 June Day of the Seafarer [IMO]
July
August
September
8 September International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
15 September International Day of Democracy
21 September International Day of Peace
27 September
(Last week of
(Last week of
29 September
(Last Saturday in
(Last Saturday in
October
5 October World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO]
13 October International Day for Disaster Reduction
24 October United Nations Day
November
6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
15 November
(Third Thursday
in November) World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
(Third Thursday
in November) World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
December
1 December World AIDS Day
3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities
10 December Human Rights Day
20 December International Human Solidarity Day
