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Listed below are the days and weeks officially recognised by the United Nations. Selecting the linked day will provide you with case studies and resources from the GlobalEd site relating to that observance.

21 February International Mother Language Day
8 March International Women's Rights and International Peace
21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March Week of Solidarity with the Peoples struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
22 March World Day for Water
23 March World Meteorological Day
24 March World Tuberculosis Day
7 April World Health Day
23 April World Book and Copyright Day
3 May World Press Freedom Day
15 May International Day of Families
15 May World Telecommunications Day
22 May International Day for Biological Diversity
25 May Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights
31 May World No-Tobacco Day
4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 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
First Saturday Of July International Day of Cooperatives
11 July World Population Day
9 August International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 August International Youth Day
8 September International Literacy Day
16 September International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
3rd Tuesday in September International Day of Peace
Last week in September World Maritime Day
1 October International Day of Older Persons
4-10 October World Space Week
5 October International World Teacher’s Day
1st Monday in October World Habitat Day
9 October World Post Day
10 October World Mental Health Day
2nd Wednesday in October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16 October World Food Day
17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
4th Wednesday in October Universal Children’s Day (Australia)
24 October United Nations Day
24 October World Development Information Day
24-30 October Disarmament Week
6 November International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
9 November International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
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
1 December World AIDS Day
2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December International Day of Disabled Persons
5 December International Volunteer Day for Economics and Social Development
7 December International Civil Action Day
12 December International Children’s Day of Broadcasting
18 December International Migrants Day
29 December International Day for Biological Diversity

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