JANUARY

27-Jan

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of

the Holocaust
FEBRUARY

4-Feb
6-Feb
13-Feb
20-Feb
21-Feb

World Cancer Day

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
World Radio Day [UNESCO
]
World Day of Social Justice
International Mother Language Day [UNESCO]
MARCH

1-Mar
3-Mar
8-Mar
20-Mar
21-Mar
21-Mar
21-Mar
21-Mar
21-Mar
22-Mar
23-Mar
24-Mar
24-Mar

Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]

World Wildlife Day
International Women's Day
International Day of Happiness
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Poetry Day [UNESCO]
International Day of Nowruz
World Down Syndrome Day
International Day of Forests and the Tree
World Water Day
World Meteorological Day [WMO]
World Tuberculosis Day [WHO]

25-Mar

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and

the Transatlantic Slave Trade
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff
Members

25-Mar

International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross

Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

APRIL

2-Apr
4-Apr
6-Apr
7-Apr
7-Apr
12-Apr
22-Apr
23-Apr
23-Apr
25-Apr
26-Apr
28-Apr
29-Apr

World Autism Awareness Day

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine
Action
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
World Health Day [WHO]
International Day of Human Space Flight
International Mother Earth Day
World Book and Copyright Day
English Language Day
World Malaria Day [WHO]
World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

30-Apr

International Jazz Day

MAY

3-May
8-9 May
10-11 May
15-May
17-May
21-May
22-May
23-May
29-May
31-May

World Press Freedom Day

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost
Their Lives During the Second World War
World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP]
International Day of Families
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU]
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
International Day for Biological Diversity
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
World No-Tobacco Day [WHO]
JUNE

1-Jun
1-Jun
4-Jun
5-Jun
8-Jun
12-Jun
13-Jun
14-Jun
15-Jun
17-Jun
20-Jun
21-Jun
23-Jun
23-Jun
25-Jun
26-Jun
26-Jun

Global Day of Parents

"Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
World Environment Day [UNEP]
World Oceans Day
World Day Against Child Labour
International Albinism Day

World
World
World
World

Blood Donor Day [WHO]

Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Refugee Day

International Day of Yoga

United Nations Public Service Day

International Widows' Day
Day of the Seafarer [IMO]
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
JULY

4 July (First
Saturday)

11-Jul
15-Jul
18-Jul
28-Jul
30-Jul
30-Jul

International Day of Cooperatives

World Population Day
World Youth Skills Day

Nelson Mandela International Day

World Hepatitis Day [WHO]
International Day of Friendship
World Day against Trafficking in Persons
AUGUST

9-Aug
12-Aug

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

International Youth Day

19-Aug
23-Aug
29-Aug
30-Aug

World Humanitarian Day

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its
Abolition [UNESCO]
International Day against Nuclear Tests
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
SEPTEMBER

5-Sep
8-Sep
12-Sep
15-Sep
16-Sep
21-Sep
9/25/2015
(Last week of
September)
26-Sep
27-Sep

International Day of Charity

International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
International Day of Democracy
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
International Day of Peace
World Maritime Day [IMO]
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
World Tourism Day
OCTOBER

1-Oct
2-Oct
5-Oct
5 October
First Monday
9-Oct
11-Oct
13-Oct
15-Oct
16-Oct
17-Oct
24-Oct
24-Oct
27-Oct
31-Oct

International Day of Older Persons

International Day of Non-Violence
World Teachers Day [UNESCO]
World Habitat Day
World Post Day
International Day of the Girl Child
International Day for Disaster Reduction
International Day of Rural Women
World Food Day [FAO]
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]
World Cities Day
NOVEMBER

2-Nov
6-Nov
10-Nov
14-Nov
11/15/2015
Third
Sunday
16-Nov

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
Environment in War and Armed Conflict
World Science Day for Peace and Development
World Diabetes Day

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

International Day for Tolerance

19-Nov
11/19/2015
Third
Thursday
20-Nov
20-Nov
21-Nov
25-Nov
29-Nov

World Toilet Day

World Philosophy Day
Africa Industrialization Day
Universal Childrens Day
World Television Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
DECEMBER

1-Dec
2-Dec
3-Dec
5-Dec
5-Dec
7-Dec
9-Dec
10-Dec
11-Dec
18-Dec
20-Dec

World AIDS Day

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
World Soil Day [FAO]
International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO]
International Anti-Corruption Day
Human Rights Day
International Mountain Day
International Migrants Day
International Human Solidarity Day