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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

International Days and Weeks

The United Nations Organization has established several days and weeks to mark international topics and issues globally, representing a particular interest for the Organization and being subject to several UN commitments.

THESE DATES ARE LISTED BELOW:

27 JANUARY

International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

20 FEBRUARY

World Day of Social Justice

21 FEBRUARY

International Mother Language Day

8 MARCH

International Women’s Day and United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace

21 MARCH

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21-28 MARCH

Week of Solidarity with Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

22 MARCH

World Water Day

23 MARCH

World Meteorological Day

4 APRIL

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

7 APRIL

World Health Day

23 APRIL

World Book and Copyright Day

3 MAY

World Press Freedom Day

15 MAY

International Day of Families

17 MAY

World Information Society Day

21 MAY

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 MAY

International Day for Biological Diversity

25 MAY

1 June — Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

29 MAY

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

31 MAY

World No-Tobacco Day

4 JUNE

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 JUNE

World Environment Day

17 JUNE

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

20 JUNE

World Refugee Day

23 JUNE

UN Public Service Day

26 JUNE

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

11 JULY

World Population Day

9 AUGUST

International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

12 AUGUST

International Youth Day

23 AUGUST

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

8 SEPTEMBER

International Literacy Day

15 SEPTEMBER

International Day of Democracy

16 SEPTEMBER

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 SEPTEMBER

International Day of Peace

1 OCTOBER

International Day for Older Persons

4-10 OCTOBER

World Space Week

5 OCTOBER

World Teacher’s Day

FIRST MONDAY OF OCTOBER

World Habitat Day

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF OCTOBER

International Day for Natural Disasters Reduction

9 OCTOBER

World Post Day

10 OCTOBER

World Mental Health Day

16 OCTOBER

World Food Day

17 OCTOBER

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

24 OCTOBER

UN Day and World Development Information Day

24-30 OCTOBER

Disarmament Week

6 NOVEMBER

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

14 NOVEMBER

World Diabetes Day

16 NOVEMBER

International Day of Tolerance

THIRD SUNDAY OF NOVEMBER

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

20 NOVEMBER

Universal Children’s Day and Africa Industrialization Day

21 NOVEMBER

World Television Day

25 NOVEMBER

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

29 NOVEMBER

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

1 DECEMBER

World HIV / AIDS Day

2 DECEMBER

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 DECEMBER

International Day of Disabled Persons

5 DECEMBER

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

7 DECEMBER

International Civil Aviation Day

9 DECEMBER

International Anti-Corruption Day

10 DECEMBER

Human Rights Day

11 DECEMBER

International Mountain Day

18 DECEMBER

International Migrants Day

19 DECEMBER

UN Day for South-South Cooperation

20 DECEMBER

International Human Solidarity Day

For reference: www.unac.org

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