UN Days

Individuals and groups can help to make UN Days much more effective through meditation and prayer. On this site there is a meditation in support of the UN Days and information on ways to participate in the UN Days & Years Meditation Initiative

Here you will find information on the UN designated Days during 2010. Information provided includes some backround, links to the UN site on the Day (where such a site exists), together with key thoughts for reflection.

The UN Days are arranged in date order. Click on the Day you are interested in from this index:

27 JanuaryHolocaust Remembrance Day
20 FebruaryWorld Day of Social Justice
21 FebruaryInternational Mother Language Day
8 MarchUnited Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
21 MarchInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination & Week of Solidarity
22 MarchWorld Day for Water
23 MarchWorld Meteorological Day
25 MarchInternational Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
2 AprilWorld Autism Awareness day
4 AprilInternational Day of Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action
7 AprilWorld Health Day
22 AprilInternational Mother Earth Day
23 AprilWorld Book & Copyright Day
3 MayWorld Press Freedom Day
8 & 9 MayTime of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
15 MayInternational Day of Families
17 MayWorld Telecommunication and Information Society Day
21 MayWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 MayInternational Day for Biological Diversity
25 May - 1 JuneWeek of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
29 MayInternational Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 MayWorld No-Tobacco Day
4 JuneInternational Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 JuneWorld Environment Day
8 JuneWorld Oceans Day
17 JuneWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 JuneWorld Refugee Day
23 JuneUnited Nations Public Service Day
26 JuneInternational Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 JuneInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture
3 JulyInternational Day of Cooperatives
11 JulyWorld Population Day
18 JulyNelson Mandela International Day
9 AugustInternational Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 AugustInternational Youth Day
19 AugustWorld Humanitarian Day
23 AugustInternational Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
29 AugustInternational Day Against Nuclear Tests
8 SeptemberInternational Literacy Day
15 SeptemberInternational Day of Democracy
16 SeptemberInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 SeptemberInternational Day of Peace
22 - 30 SeptemberWorld Maritime Day
1 OctoberInternational Day of Older Persons
2 OctoberInternational Day of Non-Violence
4 OctoberWorld Habitat Day
4 - 10 OctoberWorld Space Week
5 OctoberWorld Teachers Day
9 OctoberWorld Post Day
10 OctoberWorld Mental Health Day
13 OctoberInternational Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
15 OctoberInternational Day of Rural Women
16 OctoberWorld Food Day
17 OctoberInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 OctoberUnited Nations Day
24 OctoberWorld Development Information Day
24 - 30 OctoberDisarmament Week
6 NovemberInternational Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
14 NovemberWorld Diabetes Day
16 NovemberInternational Day for Tolerance
20 NovemberAfrica Industrialisation Day
20 NovemberUniversal Children's Day
21 NovemberWorld Day for Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims and Their Families
21 NovemberWorld Television Day
25 NovemberInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29 NovemberInternational Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1 DecemberWorld AIDS Day
2 DecemberInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 DecemberInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities
5 DecemberInternational Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development
7 DecemberInternational Civil Aviation Day
9 DecemberInternational Anti-Corruption Day
10 DecemberHuman Rights Day
11 DecemberInternational Mountain Day
18 DecemberInternational Migrants Day
19 DecemberUN Day for South-South Cooperation
20 DecemberInternational Human Solidarity Day

 

 

What's New

2010 New UN Dates include World Oceans Day 8 June; Nelson Mandela International Day 18 July; International Day Against Nuclear Tests 29 August; Int'nl Anti-Corruption Day 9 December.

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