United Nations Calendar 2009

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International Years

2009International Year of Reconciliation
2009International Year of Human Rights Learning (Dec 10 2008 - Dec 9 2009)
2009International Year of Natural Fibres
2009International Year of Astronomy
2010International Year of Biodiversity
2010International Year for Rapprochement of Cultures
2011International Year of Forests

2009: UN Days and Weeks

January 27Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 21International Mother Language Day
March 8United Nations Day for Women's Rights & International Peace (International Women's Day)
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
April 4International Day of Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action
April 7World Health Day
April 23World Book and Copyright Day
May 3World Press Freedom Day
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 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 4International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5World Environment Day
June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 20World Refugee Day
June 23United Nations Public Service Day
June 26International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July 4International Day of Cooperatives (1st Saturday of July)
July 11World Population Day
August 9International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August 12International Youth Day
August 23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
September 8International Literacy Day
September 16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
September 21International Day of Peace
September 22-30World Maritime Day during this week
October 1International Day of Older Persons
October 5World Habitat Day (1st Monday of October)
October 4-10World Space Week
October 5World Teachers Day
October 9World Post Day
October 10World Mental Health Day
October 14International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (2nd Wednesday of October)
October 16World Food Day
October 17International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 24United Nations Day
October 24World Development Information Day
November 16Disarmament Week
November 15World Day for Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims and Their Families (3rd Sunday of November)
November 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 16International Day for Tolerance
November 20Africa Industrialisation Day
November 20Universal Children's Day
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 10Human Rights Day
December 11International Mountain Day
December 18International Migrants Day
December 19UN Day for South-South Cooperation
December 20International Human Solidarity Day
April 22International Mother Earth Day
April 23-29United Nations Global Road Saftey Week
May 8 & 9Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
November 14World Diabetes Day
October 2International Day of Non-Violence
April 2World Autism Awareness day
February 20World Day of Social Justice
March 25International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
September 15International Day of Democracy
October 15International Day of Rural Women

International Decades

2001-2010International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
2001-2010Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
2003-2012United Nations Literacy Decade: Literacy for All
2005-2014United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
2005-2014International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'
2005-2014Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
2008-2017Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2010-2020United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

 

 

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