International Years and Decades
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2006: International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2005: International Year of Microcredit
2005: International Year of Sport and Physical Education
2005: International Year of Physics
2005-2014: United Nations Decade for Education on Sustainable Development
2005-2015: International Decade for Action "Water for Life"
2003-2012: United Nations Literacy Decade
2001-2010: International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
2001-2010: United Nations Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
1997-2006: First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
United Nations Observances
February
February 21
International Mother Language Day
March
March 8
United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
March 21
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22
World Day for Water
March 23
World Meteorological Day
April
April 7
World Health Day
April 23
World Book and Copyright Day
May
May 3
World Press Freedom Day
May 15
International Day of Families
May 17
World Telecommunication Day
May 21
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22
International Day for Biological Diversity
May 29
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31
World No-Tobacco Day
June
June 4
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5
World Environment Day
June 17
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 20
World Refugee Day
June 23
United Nations Public Service Day
June 26
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 26
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July
July 11
World Population Day
August
August 9
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August 12
International Youth Day
August 23
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
September
September 8
International Literacy Day
September 16
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
September 21
International Day of Peace
October
October 1
International Day of Older Persons
October 5
World Teachers' Day
October 9
World Post Day
October 10
World Mental Health Day
October 16
World Food Day
October 17
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 24
United Nations Day
October 24
World Development Information Day
November
November 6
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 16
International Day for Tolerance
November 20
Africa Industrialization Day
November 20
Universal Children's 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
December
December 1
World AIDS Day
December 2
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3
International Day of Disabled Persons
December 5
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 7
International Civil Aviation Day
December 10
Human Rights Day
December 18
International Migrants Day