Important International Days

Important International Days

JANUARY

14 January

• World Logic Day

24 January

• International Day of Education
• World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

27 January

• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
  (link is external)

FEBRUARY

11 February

• International Day of Women and Girls in Science(link is external)

13 February

• World Radio Day

21 February

• International Mother Language Day(link is external)

MARCH

4 March

• World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 

8 March

• International Women’s Day(link is external)

14 March

• International Day of Mathematics 

20 March

• International Francophonie Day

21 March

• World Poetry Day (link is external)
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination(link is external)
• International Day of Nowruz (link is external)

22 March

• World Water Day(link is external)

APRIL

6 April

• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 

15 April

• World Art Day

23 April

• World Book and Copyright Day(link is external)

30 April

• International Jazz Day

MAY

3 May

• World Press Freedom Day(link is external)

5 May

• African World Heritage Day
• World Portuguese Language Day

16 May

• International Day of Light
• International Day of Living Together in Peace

21 May

• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  (link is external)

22 May

• International Day for Biological Diversity(link is external)

JUNE

5 June

• World Environment Day 

8 June

• World Oceans Day(lin(link is external)

17 June

• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 

• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Hindi

21 June

• International Day of Yoga

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JULy

14 July

• World Day for International Justice

18 July

• Nelson Mandela International Day (link is e) - UN website(link is external)

26 July

• International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem 

AUGUST

9 August

• International Day of the World's Indigenous People(link is external)

12 August

• International Youth Day(link is external)

23 August

• International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

SEPTEMBER

8 September

• International Literacy Day

15 September

• International Day of Democracy (link is external)

20 September

• International Day of University Sport.

21 September

• International Day of Peace(link is external)

28 September

• International Day for the Universal Access to Information

OCTOBER

5 October

• World Teachers' Day (  27 C/INF.7)

11 October

• International Day of the Girl Child (  A/RES/66/170(link is external))

13 October

• International Day for Disaster Reduction (  134 EX/15; A/RES/44/236; A/RES/64/200(link is external)) - UN website(link is external)

17 October

• International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (  A/RES/47/196(link is external)) - UN website(link is external)

24 October

• United Nations Day (  A/RES/168 (II)(link is external); A/RES/2782 (XXVI)(link is external) - UN website(link is external)

27 October

• World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (  33 C/53) - UN website(link is external)

NOVEMBER

First Thursday

• International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying  (  40 C/78)

2 November

• International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists  (  A/RES/68/163(link is external))

5 November

• World Day of Romani Language (  38 C/65)
• World Tsunami Awareness Day (  A/RES/70/203(link is external)) - UN Website(link is external)

10 November

• World Science Day for Peace and Development (  31 C/20) - UN website(link is external)

Third Thursday in November

• World Philosophy Day (  33 C/37) - UN website(link is external)

16 November

• International Day for Tolerance (  28 C/5.61; A/RES/51/95(link is external)) - UN website(link is external)

18 November

• International Day of Islamic Art  (  40 C/26)

25 November

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  (  159 EX/28; A/RES/54/134(link is external)) - UN website(link is external)

26 November

• World Olive Tree Day  (  40 C/66)

29 November

• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - UN website(link is external)

DECEMBER

1 December

• World AIDS Day - UN website(link is external)

3 December

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities - UN website(link is external)

10 December

• Human Rights Day (  3 C/14.8; A/RES/423 (V)(link is external)) - UN website(link is external)

18 December

• International Migrants Day (  161 EX/37; A/RES/55/93(link is external)) - UN website(link is external)

18 December

• World Arabic Language Day (  190 EX/Decision 48)