International Days of Recognition
Did You Know... The United Nations has many internationally recognized days including:
| February 21 | International Mother Language Day |
| March 8 | UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace |
| March 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| March 22 | World Day of Water |
| April 7 | World Health Day |
| April 22 | Earth Day |
| May 3 | World Press Freedom Day |
| May 17 | World Telecommunications Day |
| May 21 | World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| May 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| May 31 | World No Tobacco Day |
| June 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
| June 5 | World Environment Day |
| June 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
| June 20 | World Refugee Day |
| June 26 | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
| June 26 | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
| July 11 | World Population Day |
| August 9 | International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
| August 12 | International Youth Day |
| August 23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition |
| September 8 | International Literacy Day |
| September 16 | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer |
| September 21 | International Day of Peace |
| October 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| October 16 | World Food Day |
| October 17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| November 16 | International Day for Tolerance |
| November 20 | Universal Children's Day |
| November 25 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
| December 1 | World AIDS Day |
| December 2 | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| December 3 | International Day of Disabled Persons |
| December 5 | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development |
| December 10 | Human Rights Day |
| December 18 | International Migrants Day |
For more information, please visit: https://www.tigweb.org//understand/intdays/
