International Days and Weeks (general awareness) SBI PO 2015

 

International Days and Weeks

January 

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

February

1st week World Interfaith Harmony Week

 20 World Day of Social Justice

 21 International Mother Language Day 

March

   8 International Women’s Day 

   8 UN Day for Women’s Rights & International Peace

   20 International Day of Happiness 

   21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

   21-28 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination 

   22 World Water Day 

   23 World Meteorological Day

 April 

2 World Autism Awareness Day

 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

 7 World Health Day

 22 International Mother Earth Day

 23 World Book & Copyright Day

 May

  3 World Press Freedom Day

 15 International Day of Families 

 17 World Information Society Day 

 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development

 22 International Day for Biological Diversity

 25-Jun1 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories 

 29 International Day of UN Peacekeepers 

 31 World No-Tobacco Day

June 

  4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

  5 World Environment Day

  8 World Oceans Day 

  15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 

  17 World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought 

  20 World Refugee Day 

 23 UN Public Service Day 

 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking

 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July 

1st Sat International Day of Cooperatives 

11 World Population Day

 30 International Day of Friendship

 August 

9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 

12 International Youth Day 

19 World Humanitarian Day 

29 International Day against Nuclear Tests

 September 

8 International Literacy Day

15 International Day of Democracy
16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 International Day of Peace Last Wk World Maritime Day (date varies each year)

October

1 International Day for Older Persons
2 International Day of Non-Violence
4-10 World Space Week
5 World Teacher’s Day
1st Mon World Habitat Day
2nd Wed International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
9 World Post Day
11 International Day of the Girl Child
16 World Food Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 United Nations Day
24 World Development Information Day
24-30 Disarmament Week

November

6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War &Armed Conflict
14 World Diabetes Day
16 International Day of Tolerance 

3rd Sun World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
20 Universal Children’s Day
20 Africa Industrialization Day
21 World Television Day
25 International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women
29 International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People

December

1 World AIDS Day
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 International Day of Disabled Persons
5 International Volunteer Day for Economic &
Social Development
7 International Civil Aviation Day
9 International Anti-Corruption Day
10 Human Rights Day
11 International Mountain Day
18 International Migrants Day
19 UN Day for South-South Cooperation
20 International Human Solidarity Day