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 International Days

Listed below are some of the most interesting days and weeks officially recognised by the United Nations

• · 8 March - International Women's Day
  
• ·21 March -International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  
• · 3 May - World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO)
  
• · 15 May - International Day of Families
  
• · 21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  
• · 22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
  
• · 25 May - Africa Day
  
• · Beginning 25 May - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
  
• · 23 June - United Nations Public Service Day
  
• · 26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
  
• · 26 June - United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of torture
  
• · 11 July - Journée mondiale de la population (FNUAP)
  
• · 9 August - International Day of Indigenous People
  
• · 12 August - International Youth Day
  
• · 23 August -International day for the Remembrance of the slave Trade and its Abolition (UNESCO)
  
• · 8 September - International Literacy Day(UNESCO)
  
• · 21 September - International Day of Peace
  
• · 1 October - International Day of Older Persons
  
• · 1st Monday October - World Habitat Day
  
• · 5 October - World Teacher's Day (UNESCO)
  
• · 10 October - World Mental Health Day
  
• ·17 October - International Day for the Eradication Poverty
  
• ·24 October - World Development Information Day
  
• ·24 October - United Nations Day
  
• · 24-30 October - Disarmament Week
  
• · 6 November - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in war and Armed Conflict
  
• · 10 November - World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)
  
• · 16 November - International Day for Tolerance (UNESCO)
  
• · 20 November - Universal Children's Day (UNICEF)
  
• · 25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  
• · 29 November -International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
  
• · 1 December - World Aids Day (WHO)
  
• · 2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
  
• · 9 December - International Anti-Corruption Day
  
• · 10 December - Human Rights Day
  
• · 18 December - International Migrant's Day