International Days 2016:
January
• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust – 27 January
February
• World Cancer Day – 4 February
• International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation – 6 February
• International Day of Women and Girls in Science -11 February
• World Radio Day – 13 February
• World Day of Social Justice – 20 February
• International Mother Language Day – 21 February
March
• Zero Discrimination Day – 1 March
• World Wildlife Day – 3March
• International Women’s Day – 8 March
• International Day of Happiness- 20 March
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21 March
• World Poetry Day – 21 March
• International Day of Nowruz – 21 March
• World Down Syndrome Day -21 March
• International Day of Forests – 21 March
• World Water Day – 22 March
• World Meteorological Day – 23 March
• World Tuberculosis Day – 24 March
• International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims – 24 March
• International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade – 25 March
• International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members – 25 March
April
• World Autism Awareness Day – 2 April
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action – 4 April
• International Day of Sport for Development and Peace – 6 April
• International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda – 7 April
• World Health Day -7 April
• International Day of Human Space Flight – 12 April
• International Mother Earth Day – 22 April
• World Book and Copyright Day – 23 April
• English Language Day – 23 April
• World Malaria Day – 25 April
• World Intellectual Property Day – 26 April
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work – 28 April
• Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare – 29 April
• International Jazz Day – 30 April
May
• World Press Freedom Day – 3 May
• Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War- 8-9 May
• World Migratory Bird Day 9-10 May
• International Day of Families – 15 May
• World Telecommunication and Information Society Day – 17 May
• “Vesak”, the Day of the Full Moon – 20 May
• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – 21 May
• International Day for Biological Diversity – 22 May
• International Day to End Obstetric Fistula – 23 May
• International Day of UN Peacekeepers – 29 May
• World No-Tobacco Day – 31 May
June
• Global Day of Parents – 1 June
• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression – 4 June
• World Environment Day – 5 June
• World Oceans Day – 8 June
• World Day Against Child Labour -12 June
• International Albinism Awareness Day – 13 June
• World Blood Donor Day – 14 June
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day – 15 June
• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought – 17 June
• International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict – 19 June
• World Refugee Day – 20 June
• International Day of Yoga – 21 June
• United Nations Public Service Day – 23 June
• International Widows’ Day – 23 June
• Day of the Seafarer -25 June
• International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26 June
• United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26 June
July
• International Day of Cooperatives – 2 July (first Saturday in July)
• World Population Day – 11 July
• World Youth Skills Day -15 July
• Nelson Mandela International Day – 18 July
• World Hepatitis Day – 28 July
• International Day of Friendship – 30 July
• World Day against Trafficking in Persons – 30 July
August
• International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9 August
• International Youth Day – 12 August
• World Humanitarian Day – 19 August
• International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition – 23 August
• International Day against Nuclear Tests – 29 August
• International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances – 30 August
September
• International Day of Charity – 5 September
• International Literacy Day – 8 September
• United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation – 12 September
• International Day of Democracy -15 September
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – 16 September
• International Day of Peace – 21 September
• International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – 26 September
• World Tourism Day – 27 September
• World Maritime Day – 29 September (last Thursday of September)
October
• International Day of Older Persons – 1 October
• International Day of Non-Violence – 2 October
• World Habitat Day – 3 October (first Monday in October)
• World Teachers’ Day – 5 October
• World Post Day – 9 October
• World Mental Health Day – 10 October
• International Day of the Girl Child -11 October
• International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13 October
• International Day of Rural Women -15 October
• World Food Day 16 October
• International Day for the Eradication of Poverty -17 October
• World Statistics Day – 20 October
• United Nations Day – 24 October
• World Development Information Day – 24 October
• World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – 27 October
• World Cities Day -31 October
November
• International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists – 2 November
• World Tsunami Awareness Day -5 November
• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict – 6 November
• World Science Day for Peace and Development- 10 November
• World Diabetes Day – 14 November
• International Day for Tolerance – 16 November
• World Philosophy Day – 17 November (third Thursday in November)
• World Toilet Day – 19 November
• Africa Industrialization Day – 20 November
• Universal Children’s Day- 20 November
• World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – 20 November (third Sunday in November)
• World Television Day – 21 November
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 November
• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – 29 November
December
• World AIDS Day – 1 December
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery – 2 December
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3 December
• International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development – 5 December
• World Soil Day – 5 December
• International Civil Aviation Day – 7 December
• International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime – 9 December
• International Anti-Corruption Day – 9 December
• Human Rights Day – 10 December
• International Mountain Day – 11 December
• International Migrants Day – 18 December
• International Human Solidarity Day – 20 December