United Nations Day Observances

January
	January 4	World Braille Day
	January 24	International Day of Education
	January 27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February
	February 4	World Cancer Day
	February 10	World Pulses (Legumes) Day
	February 11	Day of Women and Girls in Science (International )
	February 13	World Radio Day
	February 20	World Day of Social Justice
	February 21	International Mother Language Day

March
	March 1	Zero Discrimination Day
	March 3	World Wildlife Day
	March 8	Women's Day (International)
	March 20	French Language Day
	March 20	International Day of Happiness
	March 21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
	March 21	International Day of Forests
	March 21	World Down Syndrome Day
	March 21	World Poetry Day
	March 22	World Water Day
	March 23	World Meteorological Day
	March 24	World Tuberculosis Day

April
	April 2	World Autism Awareness Day
	April 6	International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
	April 7	World Health Day
	April 12	International Day of Human Space Flight
	April 14	World Quantum Day
	April 20	Chinese Language Day
	April 21	World Creativity and Innovation Day
	April 22	International Mother Earth Day
	April 23	Spanish Language Day
	April 23	English Language Day
	April 23	World Book and Copyright Day
	April 25	World Malaria Day
	April 26	World Intellectual Property Day
	April 28	World Day for Safety and Health at Work
	April 30	International Jazz Day

May
	May 2	World Tuna Day
	May 3	World Press Freedom Day
	May 9	World Migratory Bird Day: May
	May 15	Day of Families (International)
	May 16	International Day of Living Together in Peace
	May 16	International Day of Light
	May 17	World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
	May 20	World Bee Day
	May 21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
	May 22	International Day for Biological Diversity
	May 29	International Day of UN Peacekeepers
	May 31	World No Tobacco Day

June
	June 1	Global Day of Parents
	June 3	World Bicycle Day
	June 5	World Environment Day
	June 6	Russian Language Day
	June 8	World Oceans Day
	June 12	World Day Against Child Labour
	June 13	International Albinism Awareness Day
	June 15	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
	June 16	International Day of Family Remittances
	June 17	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
	June 18	Sustainable Gastronomy Day
	June 20	World Refugee Day
	June 21	International Day of Yoga
	June 23	United Nations Public Service Day
	June 23	Widows’ Day (International)
	June 25	Day of the Seafarer
	June 27	Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
	June 29	International Day of the Tropics
	June 30	International Asteroid Day
	June 30	International Day of Parliamentarism

July
	July 5	International Day of Cooperatives
	July 11	World Population Day
	July 15	World Youth Skills Day
	July 18	Nelson Mandela International Day
	July 28	World Hepatitis Day
	July 30	International Day of Friendship
	July 30	World Day against Trafficking in Persons

August
	August 9	International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
	August 12	Youth Day (International)
	August 19	World Humanitarian Day
	August 21	International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
	August 23	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
	August 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests
	August 30	International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

September
	September 5	International Day of Charity
	September 8	International Literacy Day
	September 12	International Day for South-South Cooperation
	September 15	International Day of Democracy
	September 16	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
	September 21	International Day of Peace
	September 23	International Day of Sign Languages
	September 25	World Maritime Day
	September 26	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
	September 27	World Tourism Day
	September 28	International Day for Universal Access to Information
	September 28	World Rabies Day
	September 30	International Translation Day

October
	October 1	Day of Older Persons (International)
	October 2	International Day of Non-Violence
	October 5	World Teachers Day
	October 6	World Habitat Day
	October 9	World Post Day
	October 10	World Migratory Bird Day: October
	October 11	Day of the Girl (International )
	October 13	International Day for Disaster Reduction
	October 15	International Day of Rural Women
	October 16	World Food Day
	October 17	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
	October 20	World Statistics Day
	October 24	United Nations Day
	October 24	World Development Information Day
	October 27	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
	October 31	World Cities Day

November
	November 2	International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
	November 5	World Tsunami Awareness Day
	November 6	Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
	November 10	World Science Day for Peace and Development
	November 14	World Diabetes Day
	November 16	International Day for Tolerance
	November 16	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
	November 19	World Toilet Day
	November 20	Africa Industrialization Day
	November 20	World Children's Day
	November 20	World Philosophy Day
	November 21	World Television Day
	November 25	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
	November 29	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
	November 30	Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

December
	December 1	World AIDS Day
	December 2	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
	December 3	International Day of Persons with Disabilities
	December 5	International Volunteer Day
	December 5	World Soil Day
	December 7	International Civil Aviation Day
	December 9	International Anti-Corruption Day
	December 10	Human Rights Day
	December 11	Mountain Day
	December 12	International Universal Health Coverage Day
	December 12	International Day of Neutrality
	December 18	International Migrants Day
	December 18	Arabic Language Day
	December 20	International Human Solidarity Day

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