UN International Decades

and Important Days

BY – ANUJ JINDAL
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UN INTERNATIONAL DECADES:
2010 – 2020 UN decade for fight against desertification

2011 – 2020 o UN decade on biodiversity

o UN Decade of Action for Road Safety

2013 – 2022 UNESCO International Decade for Rapproachment of Cultures

2014 – 2024 UN decade of Sustainable energy for all

2015 – 2024 International decade for people of African descent

2016 – 2025 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition

2018 – 2028 International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development"

2019 – 2028 United Nations Decade of Family Farming

Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace

2020-2030 International Decade of Health Ageing

Decade of Action for Achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

2021 – 2030 International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

2022–2032 International Decade of Indigenous Languages

INTERNATIONAL YEARS:-
2016 o International year of Pulses

o International year of Camelids

2019 o International year of Indigenous Languages

2020 o International Year of Plant Health

o 2020 as the Year of Tourism and Rural Development (by UNWTO)

o Year of Nurse and Midwife (by WHO)

2021 o UN International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

o International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

o International Year of Peace and Trust

o International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development

o 2021 is the “SCO Year of Culture”

2022 o International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture

2023 o International Year of Millets

2024 o International Year of the Family

IMPORTANT DAYS:

JANUARY
NAME OF THE DAY DATE
World Hindi Day 10th January
National Youth Day 12th January
Army Day 15th January
International Day of Education (1st time celebrated in 2019 by 24th January
UNESCO)
National Girl Child Day
National Tourism Day 25th January
National Voters’ Day
Republic Day 26th January
International Customs Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27th January
Leprosy prevention day 30th January
Sarvodaya Day 30th January
World Neglected Tropical Diseases day (1st time in 2020) 30th January

FEBRUARY
World Cancer Day 4th February
International Day of Human Fraternity (1st time celebrated in
2021)
World Pulses Day (1st time celebrated in 2019) 10th February
World Radio Day 13th February
International Mother Language Day 21st February
National science day 28th February

MARCH
World Wildlife Day 3rd March
International Women’s day 8th March
UN day for women’s rights and international peace
World Kidney Day 2nd Thursday of March;
(14th March 2019)
International Commonwealth Day 11th March
India observes the Commonwealth Day on May 24
World consumer rights day 15th March
World Disabled day, International day of happiness 20th March
World Sparrow Day
World forestry day 21st March
International day for elimination of racial discrimination
World Poetry Day
World Water day 22nd March
World Meteorological Day 23rd March
World TB day 24th March
Epilepsy Awareness Day or World Purple day 26th March

APRIL
World Autism Awareness Day 2nd April
National Maritime Day 5th April
UN International Day of Conscience 5th April
World health day 7th April
Ambedkar’s birth anniversary 14th April
World Chagas Disease Day 14th April
World Hemophilia Day 17th April
World Heritage Day 18th April
World Liver Day 19th April
Mother earth day 22nd April
Panchayat divas 24th April
World Malaria Day 25th April
World Intellectual Property Day 26th April
World Immunization Week 24-30th April

MAY
International Labour day (called may day) 1st May
World Press Freedom Day 3rd May
International Day of Midwives 5th May
World Thalassaemia Day 8th May
National Technology day 11th May
International Day of the Nurse 12th May
National Dengue Day 16th May
World Hypertension Day 17th May
World AIDS Vaccine Day/HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 18th May
World Bee Day 20th May
Anti terrorism day 21st May
International day of Biological Diversity 22nd May
World Thyroid Day 25th May
World Hunger Day 28th May
International Day of Action for Women’s Health
International day of UN peacekeepers 29th May
No tobacco/ No smoking day 31st May

JUNE
World Environment day 5th June
World Food Safety Day (1st time celebrated in 2019) 7th June

World Oceans Day 8th June

World Day against Child Labour 12th June
International Day of Family Remittances 16th June
World day to combat desertification and drought 17th June

World refugee day 20th June

International day of yoga 21st June
World Hydrography Day

UN Public Service Day 23rd June

World Vitiligo Day 25th June
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 26th June

MSME Day 27th June

National Statistics Day 29th June

JULY
World Zoonoses Day 6th July
World population day 11th July
World Youth Skills Day 15th July
International Nelson Mandela Day 18th July
World Chess Day / International Chess Day (1st time in 2020) 20th July
World Drowning Prevention Day (1st time in 2021) 25th July
World Hepatitis Day 28th July
World Nature Conservation Day
International day of friendship 30th July
 AUGUST
World peace day, Hiroshima day 6th August
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 9th August
International youth day 12th August
World Organ Donation Day 13th August
Independence Day 15th August
World Humanitarian Day 19th August
National sports day 29th August
International day against nuclear tests

SEPTEMBER
Teacher’s day 5th September
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies (1st time in 2020) 7th September
International Literacy day 8th September
International Day to Protect Education from Attack (1st time in 9th September
2020)
International day of democracy 15th September
World Ozone day 16th September
First ever International Equal Pay Day 18th September
International day of peace, 21st September
Alzheimer’s day
World Heart Day 24th September
World Maritime Day
World Environment Health Day 26th September
World tourism day 27th September
International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste 29th September
Reduction

OCTOBER
International day for older persons 1st October
International day of non – violence 2nd October
World Animal welfare day 4th October
World Habitat Day 5th October
World Teacher’s day
Indian Air Force day 8th October
World Mental Health Day 10th October
International day of girl child 11th October
International Day of Rural Women 15th October
National Women Farmer Day
World food day 16th October
International day for eradication of poverty 17th October
UN day 24th October
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas 31st October

NOVEMBER
National Cancer Awareness Day 7th November
National Education Day 11th November
World Pneumonia Day 12th November
World Diabetes Day 14th November
International tolerance day 16th November
National Journalism day 17th November
 Women's Entrepreneurship Day 19th November
World Children's Day 20th November
World Fisheries Day 21st November
International day for eliminating violence against women 25th November
World Environment protection day 26th November
National Law day 26th November

DECEMBER
AIDS day 1st December
National Pollution Control Day 2nd December
International day of persons with disabilities 3rd December
Indian Navy day 4th December
International Day of Banks (1st time in December 2020)
World Soil Day 5th December
Anti – corruption day 9th December
International human rights day 10th December
International Universal Health Coverage Day 12th December
National Energy Conservation Day 14th December
International Migrants Day 18th December
Kisan Divas 23rd December
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (1st time in 27th December
2020)

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