The World Days or Annual International Days Observed By United Nations

Here is the list of Annual International Days Celebrated and approved by united nations.

Month/DaysEvents
JANUARYAnnual International Days
04-JanWorld Braille Day (A/RES/73/161)
24-JanInternational Day of Education (A/RES/73/25)
27-JanInternational Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (A/RES/60/7)
FEBRUARYAnnual International Days
06-FebInternational Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation  (A/RES/67/146)
10-FebWorld Pulses Day (A/RES/73/251)
11-FebInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science (A/RES/70/212)
13-FebWorld Radio Day  (A/RES/67/124)
20-FebWorld Day of Social Justice   (A/RES/62/10)
21-FebInternational Mother Language Day  (A/RES/56/262)  
MARCHAnnual International Days
01-MarZero Discrimination Day  [UNAIDS]
03-MarWorld Wildlife Day  (A/RES/68/205)
08-MarInternational Women’s Day
20-MarInternational Day of Happiness  (A/RES/66/281)
20-MarFrench Language Day (French)
21-MarInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  (A/RES/2142 (XXI))
21-MarWorld Poetry Day (UNESCO 30 C/Resolution 29)
21-MarInternational Day of Nowruz  (A/RES/64/253)
21-MarWorld Down Syndrome Day  (A/RES/66/149) 
21-MarInternational Day of Forests  (A/RES/67/200)
22-MarWorld Water Day  (A/RES/47/193)
23-MarWorld Meteorological Day  [WMO] (WMO/EC-XII/Res.6)
24-MarWorld Tuberculosis Day  [WHO]  
24-MarInternational Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims  (A/RES/65/196)
25-MarInternational Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade  (A/RES/62/122)
25-MarInternational Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
APRILAnnual International Days
02-AprWorld Autism Awareness Day  (A/RES/62/139)
04-AprInternational Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action  (A/RES/60/97)
05-AprInternational Day of Conscience (A/RES/73/329)
06-AprInternational Day of Sport for Development and Peace  (A/RES/67/296)
07-AprInternational Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda  (A/72/49 (Vol. III) p.186 and A/RES/58/234)
07-AprWorld Health Day  [WHO]  (WHA/A.2/Res.35)
12-AprInternational Day of Human Space Flight  (A/RES/65/271)
14-AprWorld Chagas Disease Day [WHO]
20-AprChinese Language Day (Chinese)
21-AprWorld Creativity and Innovation Day (A/RES/71/284)
22 AprilInternational Mother Earth Day  (A/RES/63/278)
23 AprilWorld Book and Copyright Day  (UNESCO 28 C/Resolution 3.18)
23-AprEnglish Language Day 
23-AprSpanish Language Day (Spanish)
23 April (fourth Thursday of April)International Girls in ICT Day [ITU]
24-AprInternational Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace (A/RES/73/127)
25 April International Delegate’s Day (A/RES/73/286)
25 AprilWorld Malaria Day [WHO]
26-AprInternational Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day (A/RES/71/125)
26-AprWorld Intellectual Property Day [WIPO]
28-AprWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work
30-AprInternational Jazz Day (UNESCO 36 C/Resolution 39)
MAYAnnual International Days
02-MayWorld Tuna Day (A/RES/71/124)
03-MayWorld Press Freedom Day (UNESCO 26 C/Resolution 4.3)
07-May“Vesak”, the Day of the Full Moon (A/RES/54/115)
8-9 MayTime of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War  (A/RES/59/26)
9 May (second Saturday of May)World Migratory Bird Day  [UNEP]
15-MayInternational Day of Families  (A/RES/47/237)
16-MayInternational Day of Living Together in Peace (A/RES/72/130)
16-MayInternational Day of Light [UNESCO] (UNESCO 39 C/Resolution 16)
17-MayWorld Telecommunication and Information Society Day  (A/RES/60/252; ITU Resolution 68/2006)
20-MayWorld Bee Day (A/RES/72/211)
21-MayInternational Tea Day (A/RES/74/241) 
21-MayWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development  (A/RES/57/249)
22-MayInternational Day for Biological Diversity  (A/RES/55/201)
23-MayInternational Day to End Obstetric Fistula  (A/RES/67/147)
29-MayInternational Day of UN Peacekeepers  (A/RES/57/129)
31-MayWorld No-Tobacco Day [WHO] (WHA Resolution 42.19)
JUNEAnnual International Days
01-JunGlobal Day of Parents  (A/RES/66/292)
03-JunWorld Bicycle Day (A/RES/72/272)
04-JunInternational Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression  (A/RES/ES-7/8)
05-JunWorld Environment Day (A/RES/2994 (XXVII))
05-JunInternational Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (A/RES/72/72)
06-JunRussian Language Day (Russian)
7 June World Food Safety Day (A/RES/73/250)
08-JunWorld Oceans Day  (A/RES/63/111)
12-JunWorld Day Against Child Labour
13-JunInternational Albinism Awareness Day (A/RES/69/170)
14-JunWorld Blood Donor Day  [WHO]  (WHA Resolution 58.13)
15-JunWorld Elder Abuse Awareness Day  (A/RES/66/127)
16-JunInternational Day of Family Remittances (A/RES/72/281; GC 38/Resolution 189)
17-JunWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (A/RES/49/115)
18-JunSustainable Gastronomy Day (A/RES/71/246)
19-JunInternational Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (A/RES/69/293)
20-JunWorld Refugee Day (A/RES/55/76)
21-JunInternational Day of Yoga (A/RES/69/131) 
21-JunInternational Day of the Celebration of the Solstice (A/RES/73/300)
23-JunUnited Nations Public Service Day (A/RES/57/277)
23-JunInternational Widows’ Day  (A/RES/65/189)
25-JunDay of the Seafarer [IMO] (STCW/CONF.2/DC.4)
26-JunInternational Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking  (A/RES/42/112)
26-JunUnited Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture  (A/RES/52/149)
27-JunMicro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (A/RES/71/279)
29-JunInternational Day of the Tropics (A/RES/70/267)
30-JunInternational Asteroid Day (A/RES/71/90)
30-JunInternational Day of Parliamentarism (A/RES/72/278)
JULYAnnual International Days
4 July (first Saturday of July)International Day of Cooperatives  (A/RES/47/90)
11-JulWorld Population Day  (UNDP decision 89/46 15, A/RES/45/216)
15-JulWorld Youth Skills Day (A/RES/69/145)
18-JulNelson Mandela International Day  (A/RES/64/13)
20-JulWorld Chess Day (A/RES/74/22)
28-JulWorld Hepatitis Day  [WHO]
30-JulInternational Day of Friendship  (A/RES/65/275)
30-JulWorld Day against Trafficking in Persons  (A/RES/68/192)
AUGUSTAnnual International Days
09-AugInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples  (A/RES/49/214)
12-AugInternational Youth Day  (A/RES/54/120)
19-AugWorld Humanitarian Day  (A/RES/63/139)
21-AugInternational Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism (A/RES/72/165)
22-AugInternational Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (A/RES/73/296)
23-AugInternational Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]  (29 C/Resolution 40)
29-AugInternational Day against Nuclear Tests   (A/RES/64/35)
30-AugInternational Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances  (A/RES/65/209)
SEPTEMBERAnnual International Days
05-SepInternational Day of Charity  (A/RES/67/105) 
07-SepInternational Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (A/RES/74/212) 
08-SepInternational Literacy Day  (UNESCO 14 C/Resolution 1.441)
12-SepUnited Nations Day for South-South Cooperation  (A/RES/58/220)
15-SepInternational Day of Democracy  (A/RES/62/7)
16-SepInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer  (A/RES/49/114)
17-SepWorld Patient Safety Day [WHO]
18-SepInternational Equal Pay Day (A/RES/74/142) 
21-SepInternational Day of Peace  (A/RES/36/67)  (A/RES/55/282)
23-SepInternational Day of Sign Languages (A/RES/72/161)
24 September (last Thursday of September)World Maritime Day (IMCO/C XXXVIII/21)
26-SepInternational Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons  (A/RES/68/32)
27-SepWorld Tourism Day
28-SepInternational Day for Universal Access to Information (A/RES/74/5) [UNESCO 38 C/70]
29-SepInternational Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (A/RES/74/209) 
30-SepInternational Translation Day (A/RES/71/288)
OCTOBERAnnual International Days
01-OctInternational Day of Older Persons  (A/RES/45/106)
02-OctInternational Day of Non-Violence  (A/RES/61/271)
05-OctWorld Teachers’ Day  [UNESCO]  (27 C/INF.7)
5 October (first Monday of October)World Habitat Day  (A/RES/40/202 A)
09-OctWorld Post Day  (UPU/1969/Res.C.11)
10-OctWorld Mental Health Day [WHO]
10 October (second Saturday of October)World Migratory Bird Day  [UNEP]
11-OctInternational Day of the Girl Child  (A/RES/66/170)
13-OctInternational Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (A/RES/64/200)
15-OctInternational Day of Rural Women  (A/RES/62/136)
16-OctWorld Food Day  [FAO]  (A/RES/35/70)
17-OctInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty  (A/RES/47/196)
20 October (every five years, beginning in 2010)World Statistics Day (A/RES/69/282)
24-OctUnited Nations Day  (A/RES/168 (II); A/RES/2782 (XXVI))
24-OctWorld Development Information Day  (A/RES/3038 (XXVII))
27-OctWorld Day for Audiovisual Heritage  (UNESCO 33/C/Resolution 53)
31-OctWorld Cities Day  (A/RES/68/239)
NOVEMBERAnnual International Days
02-NovInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists  (A/RES/68/163)
05-NovWorld Tsunami Awareness Day (A/RES/70/203)
06-NovInternational Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict  (A/RES/56/4)
10-NovWorld Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO 31 C/Resolution 20)
14-NovWorld Diabetes Day  (A/RES/61/225)
15 November (third Sunday of November)World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims  (A/RES/60/5)
16-NovInternational Day for Tolerance  (UNESCO 28 C/Resolution 5.61; A/RES/51/95)
19-NovWorld Toilet Day  (A/RES/67/291)  
19 November (third Thursday of November)World Philosophy Day (UNESCO 33 C/Resolution 37)
20-NovAfrica Industrialization Day  (A/RES/44/237)
20-NovWorld Children’s Day (A/RES/836(IX))
21-NovWorld Television Day  (A/RES/51/205)
25-NovInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women  (A/RES/54/134)
29-NovInternational Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People  (A/RES/32/40B)
30-NovDay of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare (OPCW C-20/DEC.10)
DECEMBERAnnual International Days
01-DecWorld AIDS Day
02-DecInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery (A/RES/317(IV))
03-DecInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3)
04-DecInternational Day of Banks (A/RES/74/245)
05-DecInternational Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development  (A/RES/40/212)
05-DecWorld Soil Day (A/RES/68/232)
07-DecInternational Civil Aviation Day (A/RES/51/33)
09-DecInternational Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime (A/RES/69/323) 
09-DecInternational Anti-Corruption Day  (A/RES/58/4)
10-DecHuman Rights Day  (A/RES/423 (V))
11-DecInternational Mountain Day  (A/RES/57/245)
12-DecInternational Day of Neutrality (A/RES/71/275)
12-DecInternational Universal Health Coverage Day (A/RES/72/138)
18-DecInternational Migrants Day  (A/RES/55/93)
18-DecArabic Language Day (Arabic)
20-DecInternational Human Solidarity Day  (A/RES/60/209)

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