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- January 27International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
- February 4World Cancer Day
- February 13World Radio Day
- February 20World Day of Social Justice
- February 21International Mother Language Day
- February 27International Polar Bear Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 20International Day of Happiness
- March 21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 21Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
- March 22World Day of Water
- March 23World Meteorological Day
- April 2World Autism Awareness Day
- April 4International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
- April 7World Health Day
- April 22Earth Day
- April 23World Book and Copyright Day
- May 3World Press Freedom Day
- May 11World Fair Trade Day
- May 15International Day of Families
- May 17World Information Society Day
- May 21World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 22International Day for Biological Diversity
- May 25Week of Solidarity With Peoples of Non Selfgoverning 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 12World Day Against Child Labour.
- June 14World Blood Donor Day
- June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
- June 20World Refugee Day
- June 21World Music Day
- June 26International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- July 2International Day of Cooperatives
- July 11World Population Day
- July 30International Day of Friendship
- 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
- September 5International Day of Charity
- September 8International Literacy Day
- September 15The International Day of Democracy
- September 16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- September 21International Day of Peace
- September 22World Car Free Day
- September 22World Maritime Day
- September 26European Day of Languages
- September 27World Tourism Day
- September 29World Heart Day
- October 1International Day of Older Persons
- October 1World Vegetarian Day
- October 2International Day of Non-Violence
- October 4World Space Week
- October 5World Teacher's Day
- October 7World Habitat Day
- October 9World Post Day
- October 10World Mental Health Day
- October 14International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
- October 15International Day of Rural Women
- October 16World Food Day
- October 17International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- October 21Global Dignity Day
- October 24Disarmament Week
- October 24United Nations Day
- October 24World Development Information Day
- November 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- November 9World Inventor's Day
- November 14World Diabetes Day
- November 15World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
- November 16International Day for Tolerance
- November 17International Students' Day
- November 19World Philosophy Day
- November 20Africa Industrialization 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 9International Anti-Corruption Day
- December 10Human Rights Day
- December 11International Mountain Day
- December 18International Migrant's Day
- December 19United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- December 20International Human Solidarity Day