International days
From WiKim
A good friend has compiled this list of "International days", it almost reads like a list of Catholic Saints.
- Jan 4th: World Braille Day
- Jan 27th: Holocaust Victims’ Commemoration Day
- Feb 2nd: World Wetlands Day
- Feb 21st: Mother’s Language Day
- March 8th: Women’s International Fighting Day
- March 21st: Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day
- March 21st – 28th: Week of International Solidarity with People Struggling against Racial Discrimination
- March 22nd: World Water Day
- March 23rd: World Meteorological Day
- March 24th: World Tuberculosis Day
- April 4th: Mine Awareness and Support in Mine Action Day
- April 6th – April 13th: Global Campaign for Education: Global Action Week
- April 7th: World Health Day
- April 23rd: World Book and Copyright Day
- May 1st: Workers’ International Fighting Day
- May 3rd: World Press Freedom Day
- May 15th: International Day of Families
- May 17th: World Information Society Day
- May 18th: International Museum Day and International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
- May 21st: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 22nd: International Day for Biological Diversity
- May 25-June 1st: Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
- May 28th: International Day of Action for Women's Health
- May 29th: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
- May 31st: World No-Tobacco Day
- June 1st: International Children’s Day
- June 1st – June 7th: International Volunteer Week
- June 4th: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- June 5th: World Environment Day
- June 17th: World Desertification Day
- June 20th: World Refugee Day
- June 23rd: United Nations Public Service Day
- June 26th: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
- July, first Saturday: International Day of Cooperatives
- July 11th: World Population Day
- August 9th: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- August 12th: International Youth Day
- August 23rd: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- September 8th: International Literacy Day
- September 16th: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- September 21st: World Peace Day
- September 27th: World Tourism Day
- September, during last Week: World Maritime Day
- October, first Monday: World Habitat Day
- October, second Wednesday: International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- October 1st: International Day for Older Persons
- October 4th – 10th: World Space Week
- October 5th: World Teacher's Day
- October 9th: World Post Day
- October 10th: World Mental Health Day
- October 16th: World Food Day
- October 17th: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- October 20th: World Malaria Day
- October 24th: United Nations Day and World Development Information Day
- October 24th – October 30th: Disarmament Week
- November 6th: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- November 16th: International Day of Tolerance
- November 19th: World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
- November, third Sunday: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
- November 20th: Universal Children's Day, and Africa Industrialization Day
- November 21st: World Television Day
- November 25th: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- November 29th: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and International Buy Nothing Day
- December 1st: World AIDS Day
- December 2nd: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- December 3rd: International Day of Disabled Persons
- December 5th: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- December 7th: International Civil Aviation Day
- December 9th: International Anti-Corruption Day
- December 10th: Human Rights Day
- December 11th: International Mountain Day
- December 18th: International Migrants Day
- December 19th: United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- December 20th: International Human Solidarity Day
