United Nations Calendar 2013

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International Years

2013International Year of Water Cooperation
2013International Year of Quinoa
2014International Year of Family Farming
2014International Year of Crystallography
2014International Year of Small Island Developing States

2013: UN Days and Weeks

January 27Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 1 - 7World Interfaith Harmony Week
February 4World Cancer Day (WHO)
February 20World Day of Social Justice
February 21International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
March 8International Women's Day
March 20International Day of Happiness
March 21World Poetry Day (UNESCO)
March 21World Down Syndrome Day
March 21International Day of Nowruz
March 21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21-27Week of Solidarity with the Peoples struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
March 22World Day for Water
March 23World Meteorological Day (IMO)
March 24World Tuberculosis Day (WHO)
March 24International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 25International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
April 2World Autism Awareness day
April 4International Day of Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action
April 7World Health Day
April 7Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
April 12International Day of Human Space Flight
April 22International Mother Earth Day
April 23World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO)
April 25World Malaria Day (WHO)
April 26World Intellectual Property Day (WIPO)
April 28World Day for Saftey & Health at Work (ILO)
April 29Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
April 30International Jazz Day
May 3World Press Freedom Day
May 8 & 9Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
May 11 - 12World Migratory Bird Day (UNEP) 2nd weekend May
May 15International Day of Families
May 17World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
May 21World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22International Day for Biological Diversity
May 25Day of Vesak (May Full Moon)
May 25-31Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
May 29International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31World No-Tobacco Day
June 1Global Day of Parents
June 4International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5World Environment Day
June 8World Oceans Day
June 12World Day Against Child Labour
June 14World Blood Donor Day (WHO)
June 15World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 20World Refugee Day
June 23International Widow's Day
June 23United Nations Public Service Day
June 25Day of the Seafarer (IMO)
June 26International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July 6International Day of Cooperatives (1st Saturday of July)
July 11World Population Day
July 18Nelson Mandela International Day
July 28World Hepatitis Day (WHO)
July 30International Day of Friendship
August 1 - 7World Breastfeeding Week (WHO)
August 9International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August 12International Youth Day
August 19World Humanitarian Day
August 23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition (UNESCO)
August 29International Day Against Nuclear Tests
August 30International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
September 5International Day of Charity
September 8International Literacy Day (UNESCO)
September 10World Suicide Prevention Day (WHO)
September 12UN Day for South-South Cooperation
September 15International Day of Democracy
September 16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
September 21International Day of Peace
September 24-30World Maritime Day during this week (IMO)
September 27World Tourism Day (UNWTO)
September 28World Rabies Day (WHO)
September 29World Heart Day (WHO)
October 1International Day of Older Persons
October 2International Day of Non-Violence
October 4-10World Space Week
October 5World Teachers Day (UNESCO)
October 7World Habitat Day (1st Monday of October)
October 9World Post Day (UPU)
October 10World Mental Health Day (WHO)
October 10World Sight Day (WHO) (2nd Thursday October)
October 11International Day of the Girl Child
October 13International Day for Disaster Reduction
October 15International Day of Rural Women
October 16World Food Day
October 17International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 24United Nations Day
October 24World Development Information Day
October 24 - 30Disarmament Week
October 27World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UNESCO)
November 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 10World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO)
November 11 - 17International Week of Science and Peace
November 12World Pneumonia Day
November 14World Diabetes Day
November 16International Day for Tolerance
November 18World Day for Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims and Their Families (3rd Sunday of November)
November 20World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day (WHO) (Second or third Wednesday in November)
November 20Africa Industrialisation Day
November 20Universal Children's Day
November 21World Philosophy Day (UNESCO) (Third Thursday of November)
November 21World Television Day
November 25International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 29International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
December 1World AIDS Day
December 2International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 5International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 7International Civil Aviation Day
December 9Interrnational Anti-Corruption Day
December 10Human Rights Day
December 11International Mountain Day
December 18International Migrants Day
December 20International Human Solidarity Day
February 6International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (WHO)
February 13World Radio Day (UNESCO)
March 21International Day of Forests and the Tree

International Decades

2005-2014Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
2005-2014United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
2005-2014International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'
2008-2017Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2010-2020United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification
2011-2020United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
2011-2020Decade of Action for Road Saftey
2011-2020Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2014 - 2024United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All

 

 

What's New

2013 is being observed by United Nations as: Year of Water Cooperation; Year of Quinoa. Check out meditations for all these themes and a full list of dates for the 2013 UN calendar.

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