International Days and Weeks
These are the international days and weeks currently observed by the United Nations.
The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to promote, through awareness and action, the objectives of the Organization. Usually, it is one or more Member States that propose these observances and the General Assembly establishes them with a resolution.
On occasion, these celebrations are declared by the specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO, etc., when they concern issues that fall within the scope of their competencies. Some of them may be later adopted by the General Assembly.
Find out more about why we mark international days.
List of International Days and Weeks
January
World Braille Day (A/RES/73/161)
04 Jan
February
World Interfaith Harmony Week (A/RES/65/5)
01 Feb
World Wetlands Day (A/RES/75/317)
02 Feb
World Pulses Day (A/RES/73/251)
10 Feb
World Radio Day (A/RES/67/124)
13 Feb
World Day of Social Justice (A/RES/62/10)
20 Feb
March
01 Mar
World Wildlife Day (A/RES/68/205)
03 Mar
08 Mar
International Day of Women Judges (A/RES/75/274)
10 Mar
20 Mar
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination (A/RES/34/24)
21 Mar
International Day of Nowruz (A/RES/64/253)
21 Mar
World Down Syndrome Day (A/RES/66/149)
21 Mar
International Day of Forests (A/RES/67/200)
21 Mar
World Water Day (A/RES/47/193)
World Meteorological Day (WMO/EC-XII/Res.6)
23 Mar
24 Mar
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims (A/RES/65/196)
24 Mar
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/RES/62/122)
25 Mar
April
World Autism Awareness Day (A/RES/62/139)
02 Apr
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (A/RES/58/234)
07 Apr
World Health Day (WHA/A.2/Res.35)
07 Apr
20 Apr
23 Apr
23 Apr
25 Apr
International Delegate’s Day (A/RES/73/286)
25 Apr
May
02 May
08 May
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War (A/RES/59/26)
08 May
International Day of Argania (A/RES/75/262)
10 May
20 May
International Tea Day (A/RES/74/241)
21 May
World No-Tobacco Day (WHA Resolution 42.19)
31 May
June
Global Day of Parents (A/RES/66/292)
World Bicycle Day (A/RES/72/272)
World Environment Day (A/RES/2994 (XXVII))
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (A/RES/72/72)
World Food Safety Day (A/RES/73/250)
World Oceans Day (A/RES/63/111)
World Blood Donor Day (WHA Resolution 58.13)
International Day for Countering Hate Speech (A/RES/75/309)
Sustainable Gastronomy Day (A/RES/71/246)
World Refugee Day (A/RES/55/76)
International Day of Yoga (A/RES/69/131)
International Widows’ Day (A/RES/65/189)
Day of the Seafarer (IMO STCW/CONF.2/DC.4)
International Asteroid Day (A/RES/71/90)
30 Jun
July
World Population Day (A/RES/45/216)
World Youth Skills Day (A/RES/69/145)
International Moon Day (A/RES/76/76)
August
International Youth Day (A/RES/54/120)
World Humanitarian Day (A/RES/63/139)
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (A/RES/73/296)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition (UNESCO 29 C/Resolution 40))
September
International Day of Charity (A/RES/67/105)
International Day of Democracy (A/RES/62/7)
International Equal Pay Day (A/RES/74/142)
International Day of Peace (A/RES/36/67 & )
World Maritime Day (IMCO/C XXXVIII/21)
October
World Statistics Day (A/RES/69/282)
World Habitat Day (A/RES/40/202 A)
World Space Week (A/RES/54/68)
World Teachers’ Day (UNESCO 27 C/INF.7))
World Cotton Day (A/RES/75/318)
World Post Day (UPU/1969/Res.C.11)
United Nations Day (A/RES/168 (II))
Disarmament Week (A/RES/S-10/2 (p. 102))
World Cities Day (A/RES/68/239)
31 Oct
November
World Tsunami Awareness Day (A/RES/70/203)
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4)
World Diabetes Day (A/RES/61/225)
World Toilet Day (A/RES/67/291)
Africa Industrialization Day (A/RES/44/237)
World Children’s Day (A/RES/836(IX))
World Television Day (A/RES/51/205)
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare (OPCW C-20/DEC.10)
30 Nov
December
International Day of Banks (A/RES/74/245)
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)
Human Rights Day (A/RES/423 (V))
International Mountain Day (A/RES/57/245)
International Migrants Day (A/RES/55/93)