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International Days
Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (INCCU) facilitates celebration of UN/UNESCO days/Weeks/Decades in the country. Listed below are the days and weeks officially recognised by the United Nations:
- 8 March International Women's Day
- 21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 21 March World Poetry Day (UNESCO)
- 22 March World Day for Water 2005
- 23 March World Meteorogical Day (WMO)
- 24 March World Tuberculosis Day (WHO)
- 7 April World Health Day (WHO)
- 23 April World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO)
- 3 May World Press Freedom Day(UNESCO)
- 15 May International Day of Families
- 17 May World Telecommunication Day (IUT)
- 21 May World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
- 25 May Africa Day
- Beginning 25 May Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
- 31 May World No-Tobacco Day (WHO)
- 5 June World Environment Day (UNEP)
- 17 June World Day to combat Desertification and Drought
- 20 june World Refugee Day
- 23 June United Nations Public Service Day
- 26 June International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- 26 June United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of torture
- 1st Saturday July International Day of Cooperatives
- 11 July World Population Day (UNFPA)
- 9 August International Day of Indigenous People
- 12 August International Youth Day
- 23 August International day for the Remembrance of the slave Trade and its Abolition (UNESCO)
- 8 September International Literacy Day(UNESCO)
- 16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer
- 21 September International Day of Peace
- Last Week September World Maritime Day (IMO)
- 1 October International Day of Older Persons
- 1st Monday October World Habitat Day
- 4-10 October World Space Week
- 5 October World Teacher's Day (UNESCO)
- 9 October World Post Day (UPU)
- 10 October World Mental Health Day
- 2nd Wednesday October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- 16 October World Food Day (FAO)
- 17 October International Day for the Eradication Poverty
- 24 October United Nations Day
- 24 October -World Development Information Day
- 24-30 October Disarmament Week
- 6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in war and Armed Conflict
- 10 November World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)
- 16 November International Day for Tolerance (UNESCO)
- 20 November Africa Industrialization Day
- 20 November Universal Children's Day (UNICEF)
- 21 November World Television Day
- 21 November - Philosophy Day at UNESCO (UNESCO)
- 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 29 November International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
- 1 December World Aids Day (WHO)
- 2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 3 December International Day of Disabled Persons
- 5 December International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- 7 December International Civil Aviation Day (ICAO)
- 9 December International Anti-Corruption Day
- 10 December Human Rights Day
- 18 December International Migrant's Day
International Years proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly
- 2002 United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
- 2002 International Year of Ecotourism
- 2002 International Year of Mountains
- 2003 International Year of Freshwater
- 2004 International Year to Commemorate the struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
- 2004 International Year of Rice
- 2005 International year of Micro credit
- 2005 International Year for Sport and Physical Education
- 2005 International Year of Physics
International Decades proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly
- 2005-2015 International Decade for Action "Water for Life"
- 2005-2014United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
- 2003-2012 United Nations Literacy Decade
- 2001- 2010 International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World
- 2001-2010 Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
- 2001-2010 Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
- 1997- 2006 First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
- 1995- 2004 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
- 1994-2004 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- 1993-2003 Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
- 1993- 2002 Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa
- 1993- 2002 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
- 2010-2020 United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
- 2011-2020 United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
- 2013-2022 International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures
- 2014-2024 United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All
- 2015-2024 International Decade for People of African Descent
- 2021-2030 Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
- 2022-2032 Indigenous Languages Decade
