International Days

Commemorations and Celebrations

As per UNESCO, the List of International Days Placed

January

14 January: World Logic Day

24 January: International Day of Education

24 January: World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

25 January: International Day of Women in Multilateralism

27 January: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

February

11 February: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

13 February: World Radio Day

21 February: International Mother Language Day

March

04 Mar: World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development

08 Mar: International Women's Day

14 Mar: International Day of Mathematics

19 Mar: International Day for Digital Learning

20 Mar: International Francophonie Day

21 Mar: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21 Mar: World Day for Glaciers

21 Mar: International Day of Nowruz

21 Mar: World Poetry Day

22 Mar: World Water Day

April

05 Apr: International Day of Conscience

06 Apr: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

07 Apr: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

15 Apr: World Art Day

23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day

30 Apr: International Jazz Day

May

03 May: World Press Freedom Day

05 May: World Portuguese Language Day

05 May: African World Heritage Day

16 May: International Day of Living Together in Peace

16 May: International Day of Light

20 May: World Metrology Day

21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity

June

05 Jun: World Environment Day

08 Jun: World Oceans Day

17 Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

July

07 Jul: Kiswahili Language Day

18 Jul: Nelson Mandela International Day

26 Jul: International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

August

09 Aug: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

12 Aug: International Youth Day

23 Aug: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September

08 Sep: International Literacy Day

09 Sept: International Day to Protect Education from Attack

15 Sept: International Day of Democracy

20 Sept: International Day of University Sport

21 Sept: International Day of Peace

28 Sept: International Day for Universal Access to Information

October

05 Oct: World Teachers' Day

06 Oct: International Geodiversity Day

11 Oct: International Day of the Girl

13 Oct: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

17 Oct: International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

17 Oct: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

27 Oct: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

29 Oct: World Coding Day

November

02 Nov: International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

03 Nov: International Day for Biosphere Reserves

05 Nov: World Day of Romani Language

05 Nov: World Tsunami Awareness Day

07 Nov: International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying

10 Nov: World Science Day for Peace and Development

14 Nov: International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

16 Nov: International Day for Tolerance

18 Nov: International Day of Islamic Art

20 Nov: World Philosophy Day

25 Nov: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

26 Nov: World Olive Tree Day

29 Nov: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

December

01 Dec: World AIDS Day

02 Dec: World Futures Day

03 Dec: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

10 Dec: Human Rights Day

18 Dec: International Migrants Day

18 Dec: World Arabic Language Day