JANUARY

Third Monday of January

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

4 January
Myanmar Independence Day

27 January
International Day of Commemoration of Victims of the Holocaust

28 January
Data Privacy Day

31 January
International Street Children's Day

FEBRUARY
1 February
World Hijab Day

4 February
World Cancer Day

6 February
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

11 February

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

20 February
World Day of Social Justice

MARCH
1 March
Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

3 March
World Wildlife Day (A/RES/68/205)

8 March
International Women's Day

21 March
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (A/RES/2142 (XXI))

21 March
International Day of Nowruz (A/RES/64/253)

21 March
International Day of Forests (A/RES/67/200)

22 March
World Water Day (A/RES/47/193)

24 March
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity
of Victims (A/RES/65/196)

25 March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
(A/RES/62/122)

APRIL
7 April
International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda

7 April

World Health Day [WHO]

22 April
International Mother Earth Day

23 April

World Book and Copyright Day )

24 - 30 April

World Immunization Week [WHO]

26 April
World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]

28 April

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

29 April
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

MAY
3 May
World Press Freedom Day

8-9 May

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War

17 May
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

21 May
Commonwealth Day

21 May
African Liberation Day

29 May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers

31 May
World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]

JUNE
1 June
International Children's Day

4 June
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 June
World Environment Day

8 June
World Oceans Day

12 June
World Day Against Child Labor

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

JULY
11 July
World Population Day

12 July
Malala Day

15 July
World Youth Skills Day

17 July
World Day for International Justice

18 July
Nelson Mandela International Day

28 July
World Hepatitis Day

30 July
International Day of Friendship

30 July
World Day against Trafficking in Persons

AUGUST
9 August
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

12 August
International Youth Day

17 August
Indonesian Independence Day

19 August
World Humanitarian Day

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

23 August
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

26 August
Women's Equality Day

29 August

International Day against Nuclear Tests

30 August
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

SEPTEMBER
5 September
International Day of Charity

8 September
International Literacy Day

12 September
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

15 September
International Day of Democracy

16 September
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 September
International Day of Peace

26 September
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

29 September (last Thursday of September)

World Maritime Day

30 September
Blasphemy Day & International Translation Day

OCTOBER
2 October
International Day of Non-Violence

5 October
World Teachers Day

9 October
World Post Day

10 October
World Mental Health Day

11 October
International Day of the Girl Child

15 October
International Day of Rural Women

16 October
World Food Day

17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

24 October

United Nations Day

NOVEMBER
2 November
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

6 November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

10 November
World Science Day for Peace and Development

19 November

International Men's Day

20 November
Africa Industrialization Day

20 November
Universal Childrens Day

25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

29 November
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

December[edit]

World AIDS Day December 1

United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3

International Volunteer Day December 5

World Soil Day December 5

International Civil Aviation Day December 7

International Anti-Corruption Day - December 9

Human Rights Day December 10

International Tea Day December 15

Victory day of Bangladesh December 16

Christmas Eve December 24

Christmas Day December 25

Good Governance Day (India) December 25

Quaid-e-Azam Day December 25

Boxing Day December 26

Kwanzaa December 26 to January 1

New Year's Eve December 31

DECEMBER
1 December
World AIDS Day

2 December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (A/RES/317(IV))

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)

5 December
World Soil Day (A/RES/68/232)

7 December
International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO] (A/RES/51/33)

9 December
International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the
Prevention of this Crime (A/RES/69/323)

9 December
International Anti-Corruption Day (A/RES/58/4)

10 December
Human Rights Day (A/RES/423 (V))

11 December
International Mountain Day (A/RES/57/245)

18 December
International Migrants Day (A/RES/55/93)

20 December
International Human Solidarity Day (A/RES/60/209)