UN 
United Nations 
Calendar of Events 2003


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Individuals and groups can help to make UN Days and Years much more effective through meditation and prayer.

International Years

  2003 International Year of Freshwater
  2005 International Year of Microcredit

2003: UN Days and Weeks

21  February  International Mother Language Day
March  United Nations Day for Women's Rights & International Peace 
21  March  International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
21-27  March  Week of Solidarity with the Peoples struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination 
22  March  World Day for Water 
23  March  World Meteorological Day 
April  World Health Day 
23  April  World Book and Copyright Day 
May  World Press Freedom Day  
15  May  International Day of Families 
17  May  World Telecommunication Day 
22  May  International Day for Biological Diversity 
25 - 31  May  Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories 
31  May  World No-Tobacco Day  
June  International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 
June  World Environment Day 
17  June  World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 
20  June  World Refugee Day 
26  June  International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 
26  June  International Day in Support of Victims of Torture  
July  International Day of Cooperatives (1st Saturday of July)  
11  July  World Population Day 
August  International Day of the World's Indigenous People  
12  August  International Youth Day 
23  August  International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 
September  International Literacy Day 
16  September  International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 
21  September  International Day of Peace 
23-30  September  World Maritime Day during this week 
October  International Day of Older Persons 
October  World Habitat Day (1st Monday of October) 
October  International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (2nd Wednesday of October)
October  World Post Day 
October  International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (2nd Wednesday of October) 
10  October  World Mental Health Day 
16  October  World Food Day 
17  October  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 
24  October  United Nations Day 
24  October  World Development Information Day 
24-30  October  Disarmament Week 
November  International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
16  November  International Day for Tolerance 
20  November  Africa Industrialisation Day 
20  November  Universal Children's 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 
December  World AIDS Day 
December  International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 
December  International Day of Disabled Persons 
December  International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 
December  International Civil Aviation Day 
10  December  Human Rights Day 
18  December  International Migrants Day 

 

International Decades

  1993-2003 Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
  1994-2004 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
  1995-2004 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
  1997-2006 United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
  2001-2010 International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World

 


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