International days

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January     
27 January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust A/RES/60/7
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February
4 February World Cancer Day [WHO] A/RES/62/10
20 February World Day of Social Justice A/RES/62/10
21 February International Mother Language Day A/RES/56/262
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March
8 March International Women's Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001
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21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Poetry Day [UNESCO]		 A/RES/2142 (XXI)
22 March World Water Day
| 2009 | 2008  | 2007		 A/RES/47/193
23 March World Meteorological Day WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
24 March World Tuberculosis Day [WHO] WMO/EC-XII/Res.6
25 March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - 2009
| 2008		 A/RES/62/122
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April
2 April World Autism Awareness Day A/RES/62/139
4 April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action A/RES/60/97
7 April World Health Day WHA/A.2/Res.35
22 April International Mother Earth Day A/RES/63/278
23 April World Book and Copyright Day
 Resolution 3.18 of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference
25 April World Malaria Day [WHO]
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26 April World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]
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28 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work [ILO]
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May
3 May World Press Freedom Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 		A/DEC/48/432
8-9 May Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War A/RES/59/26
9-10 May World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
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15 May International Day of Families
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001
| 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996
A/RES/47/237
17 May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 		A/RES/60/252
21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development A/RES/57/249
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity A/RES/55/201
29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers
| 2009 | 2008 - 60th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 		A/RES/57/129
31 May World No-Tobacco Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 		Resolution 42.19
of the 42nd session of WHO
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June
4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression A/RES/ES-7/8
5 June World Environment Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002		 A/RES/2994 (XXVII)
8 June World Oceans Day A/RES/63/111
12 June World Day Against Child Labour
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
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14 June World Blood Donor Day
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006		 WHA58.13
17 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007		 A/RES/49/115
20 June World Refugee Day A/RES/55/76
23 June United Nations Public Service Day A/RES/57/277
26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking A/RES/42/112
26 June United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture A/RES/52/149
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July
5 July
(First Saturday)		 International Day of Cooperatives A/RES/47/90
11 July World Population Day UNDP decision 89/46
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August
9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005		 A/RES/49/214
12 August International Youth Day A/RES/54/120
23 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition Decision 8.2
of the 150th session of the UNESCO Executive Board
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September
8 September International Literacy Day Resolution 1.141
of the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference
10 September World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]
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15 September International Day of Democracy A/RES/62/7
16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer A/RES/49/114
21 September International Day of Peace
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 		A/RES/36/67
A/RES/55/282
27 September World Tourism Day [WTO]
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28 September World Rabies Day [WHO]
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28 September World Heart Day [WHO]
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Last week of September World Maritime Day IMCO/C XXXVIII/21
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October
1 October International Day of Older Persons
| 2006 | 2005 | 2002 		A/RES/45/106
2 October International Day of Non-Violence
| 2008 | 2007		 A/RES/61/271
5 October World Teachers’ Day UNESCOPRESSE,
vol.4, no.17, p.9
6 October
(First Monday)		 World Habitat Day
| 2008		 A/RES/40/202 A
7 October
(Second Wednesday) 		International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction A/RES/44/236
8 October
(Second Thursday) 		World Sight Day [WHO]
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9 October World Post Day UPU/Tokyo Congress 1969/Res.C.11
10 October World Mental Health Day
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15 October International Day of Rural Women A/RES/62/136
16 October World Food Day
 | 2008		 A/RES/35/70
17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
| 2006 | 2004 | 2002 		A/RES/47/196
24 October United Nations Day
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001
 A/RES/168 (II) A/RES/2782 (XXVI)
24 October World Development Information Day A/RES/3038 (XXVII)
27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]  
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November
6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict A/RES/56/4
10 November World Science Day for Peace and Development [UNESCO]
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14 November World Diabetes Day A/RES/61/225
16 November International Day for Tolerance Resolution 5.61
of the 28th session of the UNESCO General Conference

A/RES/51/95
16 November
(Third Sunday)		 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims A/RES/60/5
19 November World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day [WHO]
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20 November
(Third Thursday) 		World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]
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20 November Universal Children’s Day
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20 November Africa Industrialization Day A/RES/44/237
21 November World Television Day A/RES/51/205
25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
| 2008 | 2007 | 2005 		A/RES/54/134
29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People A/RES/32/40B
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December
1 December World AIDS Day
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2001 | 2000
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2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
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3 December International Day of Persons with Disabilities A/RES/47/3
5 December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development A/RES/40/212
7 December International Civil Aviation Day A/RES/51/33
9 December International Anti-Corruption Day A/RES/58/4
10 December Human Rights Day
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 		A/RES/423 (V)
11 December International Mountain Day A/RES/57/245
18 December International Migrants Day A/RES/55/93
19 December United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation A/RES/58/220
20 December International Human Solidarity Day A/RES/60/209