May
World Tuna Day (A/RES/71/124) 02 May
World Press Freedom Day (UNESCO 26 C/Resolution 4.3)03 May
World Portuguese Language Day [UNESCO]05 May
World Migratory Bird Day08 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
International Day of Families (A/RES/47/237)15 May
International Day of Light (UNESCO 39 C/Resolution 16)16 May
International Day of Living Together in Peace (A/RES/72/130)16 May
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (A/RES/60/252)17 May
UN Global Road Safety Week [WHO] (biennial)17 May
World Bee Day (A/RES/72/211)20 May
International Tea Day (A/RES/74/241)21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (A/RES/57/249)21 May
International Day for Biological Diversity (A/RES/55/201)22 May
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (A/RES/67/147)23 May
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/RES/54/91)25 May
Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon (A/RES/54/115)26 May
International Day of UN Peacekeepers (A/RES/57/129)29 May
World No-Tobacco Day (WHA Resolution 42.19)31 May
June
Global Day of Parents (A/RES/66/292)01 Jun
World Bicycle Day (A/RES/72/272)03 Jun
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (A/RES/ES-7/8)04 Jun
World Environment Day (A/RES/2994 (XXVII))05 Jun
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (A/RES/72/72)05 Jun
Russian Language Day06 Jun
World Food Safety Day (A/RES/73/250)07 Jun
World Oceans Day (A/RES/63/111)08 Jun
World Day Against Child Labour12 Jun
International Albinism Awareness Day (A/RES/69/170)13 Jun
World Blood Donor Day (WHA Resolution 58.13)14 Jun
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (A/RES/66/127)15 Jun
International Day of Family Remittances (A/RES/72/281)16 Jun
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (A/RES/49/115)17 Jun
Sustainable Gastronomy Day (A/RES/71/246)18 Jun
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (A/RES/69/293)19 Jun
World Refugee Day (A/RES/55/76)20 Jun
International Day of Yoga (A/RES/69/131)21 Jun
International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice (A/RES/73/300)21 Jun
United Nations Public Service Day (A/RES/57/277)23 Jun
International Widows’ Day (A/RES/65/189)23 Jun
Day of the Seafarer (IMO STCW/CONF.2/DC.4)25 Jun
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (A/RES/42/112)26 Jun
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (A/RES/52/149)26 Jun
Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (A/RES/71/279)27 Jun
International Day of the Tropics (A/RES/71/279)29 Jun
International Asteroid Day (A/RES/71/90)30 Jun
International Day of Parliamentarism (A/RES/72/278)30 Jun
July
International Day of Cooperatives (A/RES/47/90)03 Jul
World Population Day (A/RES/45/216)11 Jul
World Youth Skills Day (A/RES/69/145)15 Jul
Nelson Mandela International Day (A/RES/64/13)18 Jul
World Chess Day (A/RES/74/22)20 JulWorld Hepatitis Day28 Jul
International Day of Friendship (A/RES/65/275)30 Jul
World Day against Trafficking in Persons (A/RES/68/192)30 Jul
August
World Breastfeeding Week [WHO]01 Aug
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/49/214)09 Aug
International Youth Day (A/RES/54/120)12 Aug
World Humanitarian Day (A/RES/63/139)19 Aug
International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism (A/RES/72/165)21 Aug
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (A/RES/73/296)22 Aug
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition (UNESCO 29 C/Resolution 40))23 Aug
International Day against Nuclear Tests (A/RES/64/35)29 Aug
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (A/RES/65/209)30 Aug
International Day for People of African Descent (A/RES/75/170 draft A/75/476)31 Aug
September
International Day of Charity (A/RES/67/105)05 Sep
International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (A/RES/74/212)07 Sep
International Literacy Day (UNESCO 14 C/Resolution 1.441)08 Sep
International Day to Protect Education from Attack (A/RES/74/275)09 Sep
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (A/RES/58/220)12 Sep
International Day of Democracy (A/RES/62/7)15 Sep
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (A/RES/49/114)16 Sep
World Patient Safety Day17 Sep
International Equal Pay Day (A/RES/74/142)18 Sep
International Day of Peace (A/RES/36/67 & )21 Sep
International Day of Sign Languages (A/RES/72/161)23 Sep
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (A/RES/68/32)26 Sep
World Tourism Day27 Sep
International Day for Universal Access to Information (A/RES/74/5)28 Sep
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (A/RES/74/209)29 Sep
World Maritime Day (IMCO/C XXXVIII/21)30 Sep
International Translation Day (A/RES/71/288)30 Sep
October
International Day of Older Persons (A/RES/45/106)01 Oct
World Statistics Day (A/RES/69/282)02 Oct
International Day of Non-Violence (A/RES/61/271)02 Oct
World Habitat Day (A/RES/40/202 A)04 Oct
World Space Week (A/RES/54/68)04 Oct
World Teachers’ Day (UNESCO 27 C/INF.7))05 Oct
World Migratory Bird Day09 Oct
World Post Day (UPU/1969/Res.C.11)09 Oct
World Mental Health Day10 Oct
International Day of the Girl Child (A/RES/66/170)11 Oct
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (A/RES/64/200)13 Oct
International Day of Rural Women (A/RES/62/136)15 Oct
World Food Day (A/RES/35/70)16 Oct
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (A/RES/47/196)17 Oct
Global Media and Information Literacy Week (A/RES/75/267)24 Oct
United Nations Day (A/RES/168 (II))24 Oct
Disarmament Week (A/RES/S-10/2 (p. 102))24 Oct
World Development Information Day (A/RES/3038 (XXVII))24 Oct
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UNESCO 33/C/Resolution 5)27 Oct
World Cities Day (A/RES/68/239)31 Oct
November
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (A/RES/68/163)02 Nov
World Tsunami Awareness Day (A/RES/70/203)05 Nov
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/RES/56/4)06 Nov
International Week of Science and Peace (A/RES/43/61)09 Nov
World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO 31 C/Resolution 20)10 Nov
World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November [WHO]13 Nov
World Diabetes Day (A/RES/61/225)14 Nov
International Day for Tolerance (UNESCO 28 C/Resolution 5.61)16 Nov
World Philosophy Day (UNESCO 33 C/Resolution 37)18 Nov
World Toilet Day (A/RES/67/291)19 Nov
Africa Industrialization Day (A/RES/44/237)20 Nov
World Children’s Day (A/RES/836(IX))20 Nov
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (A/RES/60/5)21 Nov
World Television Day (A/RES/51/205)21 Nov
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (A/RES/54/134)25 Nov
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (A/RES/32/40B)29 Nov
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare (OPCW C-20/DEC.10)30 Nov
December
World AIDS Day01 Dec
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (A/RES/317(IV))02 Dec
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)03 Dec
International Day of Banks (A/RES/74/245)04 Dec
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (A/RES/40/212)05 Dec
World Soil Day (A/RES/68/232)05 Dec
International Civil Aviation Day (A/RES/51/33)07 Dec
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)09 Dec
International Anti-Corruption Day (A/RES/58/4)09 Dec
Human Rights Day (A/RES/423 (V))10 Dec
International Mountain Day (A/RES/57/245)11 Dec
International Day of Neutrality (A/RES/71/275)12 Dec
International Universal Health Coverage Day (A/RES/72/138)12 Dec
International Migrants Day (A/RES/55/93)18 Dec
Arabic Language Day18 Dec
International Human Solidarity Day (A/RES/60/209)20 Dec
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (A/RES/75/27)27 Dec
