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Annual Days and Weeks
February 7 : World Leprosy Day

February 21 : International Mother Language Day

March 8 : United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace

March 21 : International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Starting March 21 : Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

March 22 : World Day for Water

March 23 : World Meteorological Day

March 24 : World Tuberculosis Day

April 7 : World Health Day

April 23 : World Book and Copyright Day

April 25 : Africa Malaria Day

May 3 : World Press Freedom Day

May 15 : International Day for Families

May 17 :  World Telecommunication Day

May 22 : International Day for Biological Diversity

Strating May 25 : Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

May 31 : World No-Tobacco Day

June 4 : International Day for Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5 : World Environment Day

June 16 International Day of the African Child

June 17 : World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 20 : World Refugee Day

June 26 : International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

June 26 : International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

First Saturday of July : International Day of Cooperatives

July 11 : World Population Day

August 9 : International Day for the World's Indigenous People

August 12 : International Youth Day

August 23 : International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

September : International Day of Peace (opening day of General Assembly)

September 8 : International Literacy Day

September 16 : International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

September 21 : International Day of Peace Vigil

September 24 : World Heart Day

Last week of September : World Maritime Day

October 1 : International Day of Older Persons

First Monday of October : World Habitat Day

October 4-10 :  World Space Week

October 5 : World Teachers' Day

October 9 : World Post Day

October 10 : World Mental Health Day

Second Wednesday of October : International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

October 16 : World Food Day

October 17 : International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

October 24 : United Nations Day

October 24 : World Development Information Day

October 24-30 : Disarmament Week

Mid-October : World Sight Day

November 14 : World Diabetes Day

November 16 : International Day for Tolerance

November 20 : Africa Industrialization Day

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

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 7 : International Civil Aviation Day

December 10 : Human Rights Day

December 18 : International Migrants Day

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                    International Decades and Years

1993-2002 : Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa

1993-2002 : Asian and Pacific Decade for Disabled Persons

1993-2003 : Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

1994-2004 : International Decade for the World's Indigenous People

1995-2004 : United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education

1997-2006 : United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty

2001-2010 : 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

2001 : International Year of Volunteers

2001 : United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations

2001 : International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

2002 : International Year of Mountains

2002 : International Year of Ecotourism

2003 : International Year of Freshwater

2005 : International Year of Microcredit
 

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