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LIST OF INTERNATIONAL DAYS AND DECADES
International Days (observed by the United Nations system)
| 21 February |
nternational Mother Language Day (UNESCO) |
| 8 March |
International Women’s Day |
| 21 March |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| 21 March |
World Poetry Day (UNESCO) |
| 22 March |
World Day of Water |
| 23 March |
World Meteorological Day (WMO) |
| 24 March |
World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) |
| 7 April |
World Health Day (WHO) |
| 23 April |
World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO) |
| 3 May |
World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO) |
| 21 May |
World Day for Cultural Development (UNESCO) |
| 21 May |
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22 May |
International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 4 June |
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| 20 June |
World Refugee Day |
| 26 June |
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| First Saturday July |
International Day of Cooperatives |
| 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 |
| 5 October |
International Teachers’ Day (UNESCO) |
| 17 October |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 24 October |
United Nations Day |
| Second Wednesday October |
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 10 November |
World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO) |
| 16 November |
International Day for Tolerance (UNESCO) |
| 20 November |
Universal Children’s Day (UNICEF) |
| 21 November |
Philosophy Day (UNESCO) |
| 25 November |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
Women |
| 1 December |
World AIDS Day (WHO) |
| 2 December |
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 10 December |
Human Rights Day |
International Decades (proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly)
| 1997-2006 |
First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 2001-2010 |
Second International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World |
| 2001-2010 |
Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism |