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UN Days in 2016

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United Nations Holidays in 2016

Date Name
Jan 27WednesdayInternational Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Feb 6SaturdayInternational Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Feb 11ThursdayInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science
Feb 13SaturdayWorld Radio Day
Feb 20SaturdayWorld Day of Social Justice
Feb 21SundayInternational Mother Language Day
Mar 1TuesdayZero Discrimination Day
Mar 3ThursdayWorld Wildlife Day
Mar 8TuesdayInternational Women's Day
Mar 20SundayFrench Language Day
Mar 20SundayInternational Day of Happiness
Mar 21MondayInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 21MondayWorld Poetry Day
Mar 21MondayInternational Day of Nowruz
Mar 21MondayWorld Down Syndrome Day
Mar 21MondayInternational Day of Forests
Mar 22TuesdayWorld Water Day
Mar 23WednesdayWorld Meteorological Day
Mar 24ThursdayWorld Tuberculosis Day
Mar 24ThursdayInternational Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25FridayInternational Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 25FridayInternational Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
Apr 2SaturdayWorld Autism Awareness Day
Apr 4MondayUnited Nations' Mine Awareness Day
Apr 6WednesdayInternational Day of Sport for Development and Peace
Apr 7ThursdayUnited Nations' World Health Day
Apr 7ThursdayDay of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
Apr 12TuesdayInternational Day of Human Space Flight
Apr 20WednesdayChinese Language Day
Apr 22FridayEarth Day
Apr 23SaturdayWorld Book and Copyright Day
Apr 23SaturdayWorld Spanish Language Day
Apr 23SaturdayEnglish Language Day
Apr 25MondayWorld Malaria Day
Apr 26TuesdayWorld Intellectual Property Day
Apr 26TuesdayInternational Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Apr 28ThursdayInternational Girls in ICT Day
Apr 28ThursdayWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work
Apr 30SaturdayInternational Jazz Day
May 3TuesdayWorld Press Freedom Day
May 8SundayTime of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
May 14SaturdayWorld Migratory Bird Day
May 15SundayInternational Day of Families
May 17TuesdayWorld Telecommunication and Information Society Day
May 20FridayDay of Vesak
May 21SaturdayWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22SundayInternational Day for Biological Diversity
May 23MondayInternational Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 29SundayInternational Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31TuesdayWorld No Tobacco Day
Jun 1WednesdayGlobal Day of Parents
Jun 4SaturdayInternational Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Jun 5SundayWorld Environment Day
Jun 6MondayDay of the Russian Language
Jun 8WednesdayWorld Oceans Day
Jun 12SundayWorld Day Against Child Labour
Jun 13MondayInternational Albinism Awareness Day
Jun 14TuesdayWorld Blood Donor Day
Jun 15WednesdayWorld Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Jun 16ThursdayInternational Day of Family Remittances
Jun 17FridayWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Jun 19SundayInternational Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Jun 20MondayWorld Refugee Day
Jun 21TuesdayInternational Day of Yoga
Jun 23ThursdayPublic Service Day
Jun 23ThursdayInternational Widows' Day
Jun 25SaturdayDay of the Seafarer
Jun 26SundayInternational Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Jun 26SundayInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Jun 29WednesdayInternational Day of the Tropics
Jul 2SaturdayInternational Day of Cooperatives
Jul 11MondayWorld Population Day
Jul 15FridayWorld Youth Skills Day
Jul 18MondayNelson Mandela Day
Jul 28ThursdayWorld Hepatitis Day
Jul 30SaturdayInternational Day of Friendship
Jul 30SaturdayWorld Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Aug 9TuesdayInternational Day of the World's Indigenous People
Aug 12FridayInternational Youth Day
Aug 19FridayWorld Humanitarian Day
Aug 23TuesdayInternational Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Aug 29MondayInternational Day against Nuclear Tests
Aug 30TuesdayInternational Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Sep 5MondayInternational Day of Charity
Sep 8ThursdayInternational Literacy Day
Sep 12MondayInternational Day for South-South Cooperation
Sep 15ThursdayInternational Day of Democracy
Sep 16FridayInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sep 21WednesdayInternational Day of Peace
Sep 26MondayInternational Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Sep 27TuesdayWorld Tourism Day
Sep 29ThursdayWorld Maritime Day
Oct 1SaturdayInternational Day of Older Persons
Oct 2SundayInternational Day of Non-Violence
Oct 3MondayWorld Habitat Day
Oct 5WednesdayWorld Teachers' Day
Oct 9SundayWorld Post Day
Oct 10MondayWorld Mental Health Day
Oct 11TuesdayInternational Day of the Girl Child
Oct 12WednesdayInternational Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct 15SaturdayInternational Day of Rural Women
Oct 16SundayWorld Food Day
Oct 17MondayInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 24MondayUnited Nations Day
Oct 24MondayWorld Development Information Day
Oct 27ThursdayWorld Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Oct 31MondayWorld Cities Day
Nov 2WednesdayInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Nov 5SaturdayWorld Tsunami Awareness Day
Nov 6SundayInternational Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Nov 10ThursdayWorld Science Day for Peace and Development
Nov 14MondayWorld Diabetes Day
Nov 16WednesdayInternational Day for Tolerance
Nov 17ThursdayWorld Philosophy Day
Nov 19SaturdayWorld Toilet Day
Nov 20SundayWorld Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Nov 20SundayUniversal Children's Day
Nov 20SundayAfrica Industrialization Day
Nov 21MondayWorld Television Day
Nov 25FridayInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 29TuesdayInternational Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Nov 30WednesdayDay of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Dec 1ThursdayWorld AIDS Day
Dec 2FridayInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec 3SaturdayInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec 5MondayInternational Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Dec 5MondayWorld Soil Day
Dec 7WednesdayInternational Civil Aviation Day
Dec 9FridayInternational Anti-Corruption Day
Dec 9FridayWorld Genocide Commemoration Day
Dec 10SaturdayHuman Rights Day
Dec 11SundayInternational Mountain Day
Dec 18SundayInternational Migrants Day
Dec 18SundayArabic Language Day
Dec 20TuesdayInternational Human Solidarity Day

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