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Learn about the United Nations conferences and special observances listed below by following links to web pages of information resources on these major events. The web pages contain dynamic searches in UNBISnet, our online catalogue, background information about the events and links to relevant websites.

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Bullet arrow January
  27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
 
Bullet arrow February
  20 February World Day of Social Justice
  21 February International Mother Language Day
 
Bullet arrow March
  8 March International Women’s Day
  21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  22 March World Water Day
  25 March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
 
Bullet arrow April
  2 April World Autism Awareness Day
  4 April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
  7 April World Health Day
  7 April International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
  23 April World Book and Copyright Day
 
Bullet arrow May
  3 May World Press Freedom Day
  15 May International Day of Families
  17 May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
  21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
  29 May International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
 
Bullet arrow June
  4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
  5 June World Environment Day
  17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
  20 June World Refugee Day
  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
 

Bullet arrow July
  July, 1st Saturday International Day of Cooperatives
  11 July World Population Day
 
Bullet arrow August
  9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People
  12 August International Youth Day
  26 August Namibia Day
 
Bullet arrow September
  8 September International Literacy Day
  15 September International Day of Democracy
  16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
  21 September International Day of Peace
 
Bullet arrow October
  1 October International Day of Older Persons
  2 October International Day of Non-Violence
  October, 1st Monday World Habitat Day
  October, 2nd Wednesday International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
  16 October World Food Day
  17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
  24 October United Nations Day
  24 October World Development Information Day
  24-30 October Disarmament Week
 
Bullet arrow November
  6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
  14 November World Diabetes Day
  16 November International Day for Tolerance
  November, 3rd Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and Their Families
  20 November Africa Industrialization Day
  20 November Universal Children's Day
  21 November World Television Day
  25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
 
Bullet arrow December
  1 December World AIDS Day
  2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
  3 December International Day of Disabled Persons
  5 December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
  7 December International Civil Aviation Day
  9 December International Anti-Corruption Day
  10 December Human Rights Day
  11 December International Mountain Day
  18 December International Migrants Day
  19 December United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
  20 December International Human Solidarity Day

 

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