The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. The United Nations observes designated days, weeks, years, and decades, each with a theme, or topic. By creating special observances, the United Nations promotes international awareness and action on these issues. Usually, it is one or more Member States that propose these observances and the General Assembly establishes them with a resolution. Find out more about why United Nations mark international days.
International days observes by United Nations
These are the international days and weeks currently observed by the United Nations.
January
04 Jan
February
02 Feb
10 Feb
13 Feb
20 Feb
March
01 Mar
03 Mar
08 Mar
20 Mar
21 Mar
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination, 21-27 March
21 Mar
21 Mar
21 Mar
21 Mar
22 Mar
23 Mar
24 Mar
April
02 Apr
07 Apr
20 Apr
23 Apr
23 Apr
25 Apr
25 Apr
May
02 May
10 May
14 May
20 May
21 May
31 May
June
01 Jun
03 Jun
05 Jun
06 Jun
08 Jun
14 Jun
18 Jun
20 Jun
21 Jun
23 Jun
25 Jun
30 Jun
July
11 Jul
15 Jul
20 Jul
20 Jul
28 Jul
August
11 Aug
12 Aug
19 Aug
September
05 Sep
07 Sep
16 Sep
18 Sep
21 Sep
27 Sep
28 Sep
October
02 Oct
07 Oct
09 Oct
16 Oct
24 Oct
31 Oct
November
05 Nov
14 Nov
18 Nov
19 Nov
20 Nov
20 Nov
21 Nov
December
01 Dec
04 Dec
05 Dec
10 Dec
11 Dec
18 Dec
18 Dec