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World Days or International Days observed at UNESCO designated by United Nations General Assembly for marking and commemorating "important aspects of human life and history". [ 1 ] January
United Nations days (1 C, 139 P) Pages in category "United Nations observances" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
I. International Albinism Awareness Day; International Anti-Corruption Day; International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day; International Civil Aviation Day
First week in February every year in the United States National Wildlife Week [185] National Dark-Sky Week: Week of new moon in April Bike to Work Week Victoria: National Pollinator Week [186] Third Week in June Mosquito Awareness Week: June 22–28 [187] Plastic Free July [188] July 1–31 National Clean Beaches Week [citation needed] July 1–7
World Toilet Day (WTD) is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. [1] [2] Worldwide, 4.2 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation" and around 673 million people practice open defecation.
Events are held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, [1] as well as at the United Nations offices at Geneva, [2] Vienna and Nairobi. [3] [4] It is generally held on November 29 each year to mark the anniversary of resolution 181 which advocated for the partition of Palestine into two States: one Arab and one Jewish. In 2003, it was ...
Get a full list of August 2024 holidays and observances, like National Sisters Day, International Allyship Day, National Lemon Meringue Pie Day, and more.
International Observances denote a period to observe an issue of international interest or concern. Many of these observances have been established by the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Economic and Social Council or World Health Organization.