UN DAYS:
International Women's Day
and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
8 March
International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March
International Day of Innocent
Children Victims of Aggression
June 4
International Day in Support
of Victims of Torture
26 June
International Day of the
World's Indigenous People
9 August
International Youth Day
12 August
International Day of Peace
21 September, 2003
(always held on the opening day of General Assembly in September)
United Nations Day
24 October
International Day for Preventing
the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
6 November
International Day of Tolerance
16 November
World Peace Day
17 November
Universal Children's Day
20 November
International Day of Solidarity
with the Palestinian People
29 November
Human Rights Day
10 December
UN WEEKS:
Week of Solidarity with
the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
21-28 March
Disarmament Week
24-30 October
UN YEARS:
The Year 2000 was:
International Year
for the Culture of Peace and International Year of Thanksgiving
The Year 2001 was:
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations; The International
Year of Mobilization against Racism and Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance; and The International Year
of Volunteers.
UN DECADES:
The Decade 2001-2010 is:
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence
for the Children of the World
The Decade 1995-2004 is:
United Nations Decade
for Human Rights Education
The Decade 1994-2003 is:
International Decade
of the World's Indigenous People
Information courtesy of the
United Nations - www.un.org
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