| January 8 |
World Literacy Day |
| February 20 |
Non-Violent Resistance Day |
| February 21 |
International Mother Language Day (UNESCO) |
| March 8 |
International Women's Day |
| March 21 |
World Poetry Day (UNESCO)
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| March 22 |
World Day for Water |
| March 23 |
World Meteorological Day (WMO) |
| March 24 |
World Tuberculosis Day (WHO) |
| April 7 |
World Health Day (WHO) |
| April 8 |
World Roma Day |
| April 22 |
Earth Day |
| April 23 |
World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO) |
| April 30 |
Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom ha Shoah) |
| May 1 |
International Workers Day |
| May 3 |
World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO) |
| May 8 |
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day |
| May 15 |
International Day of Families |
| May 17 |
World Telecommunications Day (ITU) |
| May 31 |
World No-Tobacco Day (WHO) |
| June 4 |
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| June 5 |
World Environment Day (UNEP) |
| June 15 |
World Food Day |
| June 17 |
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| June 20 |
World Refugee Day |
| June 21 |
World Peace and Prayer Day |
| June 26 |
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
UN Charter Day |
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1st Saturday in July International Day of Co-operatives |
| July 11 |
World Population Day (UNFPA) |
| August 6 |
Hiroshima Day (remembers victims) |
| August 7 |
Transgender International Rights and Education Day |
| August 9 |
International Day of Indigenous People |
| August 12 |
International Youth Day |
| August 23 |
International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition (UNESCO)
Tuesday following Peace Day
second Monday
of September |
| September 8 |
International Literacy Day (UNESCO) |
| September 16 |
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
1st Monday October World Habitat Day (cities without slums)
2nd Wednesday International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
of October |
| October 1 |
International Day of Older Persons
International Music Day |
| October 5 |
World Teacher's' Day (UNESCO) |
| October 10 |
World Mental Health Day |
| October 16 |
World Food Day (FAO) |
| October 17 |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| October 24 |
World Development Information Day
United Nations Day |
| November 3 |
Men's World Day |
| November 9 |
Kristallnacht, International Day Against Fascism & Anti-Semitism
1989 Berlin Wall came down |
| November 11 |
International Day of Science and Peace |
| November 16 |
International Day for Tolerance (UNESCO) |
| 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 1 |
World AIDS Day (WHO) |
| 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 10 |
Human Rights Day (1948) |
| December 18 |
International Migrants Day |
| December 29 |
International Day for Biological Diversity |
