The document lists numerous international days observed by the United Nations and other international organizations to raise awareness for important issues. Some of these days include January 4th as World Braille Day, January 24th as International Day of Education, February 2nd as World Wetlands Day, and March 8th as International Women's Day. The document provides the names and dates of over 50 internationally recognized awareness days covering topics like health, environment, culture, and human rights.
2. WorldBraille Day – Jan4
Observed every year on January4 since 2019,to commemoratethe
birth anniversaryof Louis Braille,the inventor of Braille.
The day was proclaimedby the United Nations GeneralAssembly in
November 2018
3. InternationalDay of Education - 24January
On Dec 3, 2018, United Nations GeneralAssemblyadopteda
resolutiondeclaringthis dayas ‘InternationalDay of Education.’
5. WorldWetlandsDay – 2 February
This day marks the date of the adoptionof the Convention on
Wetlandson 2 February1971, in the Iraniancity of Ramsaron the
shoresof the CaspianSea.
6. WorldPulsesDay - 10 February
WorldPulsesDay is a designatedUnited Nations globalevent
7. WorldCancerDay - 4 February
WorldUnaniDay : 11th February
WorldUnaniDay is a globalevent taking placeevery year on 11th
Feb to mark the birth anniversaryof greatUnanischolarand
socialreformer Hakim AjmalKhan
9. InternationalMotherLanguageDay (IMLD) - 21February
First announcedby UNESCO on 17 November 1999,it was formally
recognizedby the United Nations General Assembly in2002
10. Rare DiseasesDay - 29February
Worldrare diseasedayis observed on 28/29(lastday of)
February
11. 6 February - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
10 February World PulsesDay
11 February International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13 February World Radio Day
20February World Day of Social Justice
21February International Mother Language Day
12. 1 March Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS]
3 March World Wildlife Day
8 March International Women's Day
20March International Day of Happiness
20March French Language Day (French)
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21March World Poetry Day (UNESCO)
13. 21 March International Day of Nowruz
21March World Down Syndrome Day
21March International Day of Forests
22March World Water Day
23 March World Meteorological Day
24March World Tuberculosis Day
14. On November 26th 2019, the 40th General Conference
of UNESCOapproved the Proclamation of March 14 as
the International Day of Mathematics.
15. WorldKidneyDay
On every secondThursday in the month of March,the WorldKidney
Day is celebrated
InternationalPi (π) day - March14
WorldSparrow Day - March20
The initiative was startedby Nature Forever Society(NFS) of India,
foundedby Mohammed Dilawar
16. 2 April World Autism Awareness Day
4 April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
5 April International Day of Conscience (2020,1st time)
6 April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7 April World Health Day [WHO]
20April Chinese Language Day (Chinese)
22 April International Mother Earth Day
23April English Language Day
23April Spanish Language Day (Spanish)
17. 25April World Malaria Day [WHO]
26April International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
26April World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO] 2
8 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work
30 April International JazzDay (UNESCO)
18. World Chagas Disease Day is celebrated on April 14 to raise
awareness around chagas disease.
It was first celebrated on April 14, 2020 and was named
after Carlos Ribeiro Chagas, the Brazilian doctor who
diagnosed the first case on 14 April 1909
19. WorldHomeopathyDay - April10
This day is celebratedto honourthe birth of the fatherof the
Homeopathysystem of medicinesDr SamuelHahnemann
20. 2 MayWorldTuna Day
3 MayWorldPressFreedomDay (UNESCO)
(SecondSaturdayof May& October) - WorldMigratoryBird Day
[UNEP]
16 MayInternationalDay of Light [UNESCO]
21. 20MayWorldBee Day
21 MayInternational Tea Day
22 MayInternationalDay for BiologicalDiversity
29MayInternationalDay of UN Peacekeepers
31 MayWorldNo-Tobacco Day [WHO]
22. International Day of Midwives - May 5
International Nurses Day - May 12
Birthday of Florence Nightingale
World Thalassaemia Day – 8 May
World Red Cross Day - May 8
Birthday of Henry Dunant
23. 1 June Global Day of Parents
5 June World Environment Day
6 June RussianLanguage Day (Russian)
8 June World Oceans Day
12 June World Day Against Child Labour
21June International Day of Yoga
25June Day of the Seafarer [IMO]
24. (First Saturday of July) International Day of Cooperatives
11 July World Population Day (UNDP)
18 July Nelson Mandela International Day
28July World Hepatitis Day [WHO]
25. 9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples/ World Tribal Day
12 August International Youth Day
19 August World Humanitarian Day
29 August International Day againstNuclear Tests
26. Hiroshima Day - August 6
Nagasaki Day - August 9
World Biofuel Day: August 10
27. 8 SeptemberInternationalLiteracy Day (UNESCO)
InternationalDayofDemocracy:September15
16 SeptemberInternational Day for the Preservation of the OzoneLayer
21SeptemberInternationalDay of
(lastThursday ofSeptember)World MaritimeDay
27 SeptemberWorld Tourism Day
28. 2 OctoberInternational Day ofNon-Violence
5 OctoberWorld Teachers’Day [UNESCO]
(firstMondayof October)World Habitat Day
9 October World PostDay (UPU)
10 OctoberWorld Mental Health Day [WHO]
(secondSaturdayof October)World MigratoryBird Day
29. 11 OctoberInternationalDay of the Girl Child
13 OctoberInternationalDay for DisasterRiskReduction
16 OctoberWorld Food Day [FAO]
17 October International Day for the Eradication ofPoverty
20October(every five years,beginningin 2010) World Statistics Day
24 OctoberUnited Nations
27 OctoberWorld Day for AudiovisualHeritage(UNESCO 31 OctoberWorld Cities Day
30. 5 November World TsunamiAwarenessDay
10 NovemberWorld ScienceDay for PeaceandDevelopment(UNESCO 31)
14 NovemberWorld Diabetes Day
(3rd Sundayof November)World Day of Remembrancefor RoadTraffic Victims
16 NovemberInternational Day for Tolerance(UNESCO)
19 NovemberWorld Toilet Day
31. (Third Thursdayof November)World PhilosophyDay (UNESCO)
20 NovemberWorld Children's Day
25NovemberInternational Day for the Eliminationof ViolenceagainstWomen
32. 1 DecemberWorld AIDS Day
2 DecemberInternationalDay for the Abolition of Slavery
3 DecemberInternationalDay of Personswith Disabilities
5 DecemberWorld Soil Day
7 DecemberInternational Civil Aviation Day
10 DecemberHumanRights Day
18 DecemberArabicLanguageDay