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Aug 31International Day for People of African Descent
(A/RES/75/170) The International Day for People of African Descent will be celebrated for the first time on 31 August 2021. Through this Observance the United Nations aims to promote the extraordinary contributions of the African diaspora around the world and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against people of African descent. International days reflect the values that society sha
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Sep 05International Day of Charity
(A/RES/67/105) Charity, like the notions of volunteerism and philanthropy, provides real social bonding and contributes to the creation of inclusive and more resilient societies. Charity can alleviate the worst effects of humanitarian crises, supplement public services in health care, education, housing and child protection. It assists the advancement of culture, science, sports, and the prot
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Sep 07International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
(A/RES/74/212) Аir pollution is the single greatest environmental risk to human health and one of the main avoidable causes of death and disease globally, with some estimated 6.5 million premature deaths (2016) across the world attributed to indoor and outdoor air pollution. Particularly in developing countries, air pollution disproportionately affects women, children and the elderly, especia
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Sep 07International Day of Police Cooperation
(A/RES/77/241) INTERPOL has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adoption of an International Day of Police Cooperation in recognition of the central role played by the world’s law enforcement community in global security. The resolution emphasizes ‘the need to strengthen international cooperation at the global, regional and sub regional levels in various areas related to
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Sep 08International Literacy Day
(UNESCO 14 C/Resolution 1.441) Since 1967, International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. Despite progress made, literacy challenges persist with at least 771 million youn
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Sep 09International Day to Protect Education from Attack
(A/RES/74/275) Around the world, attacks on children continue unabated, as warring parties flout one of the most basic rules of war: the protection of children. The protracted nature of conflicts today is affecting the futures of entire generations of children. Without access to education, a generation of children living in conflict will grow up without the skills they need to contribute to t
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Sep 12United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
(A/RES/58/220) China helping Uganda to improve the resilience and livelihoods of farmers. Cuba's support in the fight against Ebola in West Africa; Mexico’s experience in diversifying corn products to improve health and nutrition in Kenya; the knowledge of strategies to reduce hunger shared by Colombia to Mesoamerican countries. These are just a few examples of South-South cooperation.
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Sep 15International Day of Democracy
(A/RES/62/7) UNESCO has reported that 85 per cent of the world’s population experienced a decline in press freedom in their country in the past five years. Media globally are increasingly facing attacks, online and offline, increasing detention; the use of defamation laws as well as cybersecurity or hate speech laws to curb online expression; the growing use of Strategic Lawsuits Against
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Sep 16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
(A/RES/49/114) As the treaty turns 35 on Ozone Day, we will remember how the Montreal Protocol ended one of the biggest threats ever to face humanity as a whole: the depletion of the ozone layer. When the world found out that ozone-depleting gases used in aerosols and cooling were creating a hole in the sky, they came together. They showed that multilateralism and effective global cooperation
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Sep 16International Day for Interventional Cardiology
(A/RES/76/302) Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter-based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter.[1] Many procedures can be performed on the heart by catheterization.[2] This mos
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Sep 17World Patient Safety Day
[WHO] World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 by the 72nd World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. The Day is firmly grounded in the fundamental principle of medicine – first do no harm. World Patient Safety Day builds on a series of successful annual global ministerial summits on patient safety which began in London a
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Sep 18International Equal Pay Day
(A/RES/74/142) International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18 September, represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. It further builds on the United Nations' commitment to human rights and against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls. Across all regions, women are paid less than men, with the ge
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Sep 21International Day of Peace
(A/RES/36/67 & ) Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel
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Sep 23International Day of Sign Languages
(A/RES/72/161) According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are more than 70 million deaf people worldwide. More than 80% of them live in developing countries. Collectively, they use more than 300 different sign languages. Sign languages are fully fledged natural languages, structurally distinct from the spoken languages. There is also an international sign language, which is use
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Sep 26International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
(A/RES/68/32) Achieving global nuclear disarmament is one of the oldest goals of the United Nations. It was the subject of the General Assembly’s first resolution in 1946, which established the Atomic Energy Commission (dissolved in 1952), with a mandate to make specific proposals for the control of nuclear energy and the elimination of atomic weapons and all other major weapons adaptable to
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Sep 27World Tourism Day
Tourism’s International Observance Day will put people at the center of key discussions. Where is tourism going? Where do we want to go? And how do we get there? The theme “Rethinking Tourism” will reflect this. It aims to inspire the debate around rethinking tourism for development, including through education and jobs, and tourism’s impact on the planet and opportunities to grow more sustai
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Sep 28International Day for Universal Access to Information
(A/RES/74/5) Artificial Intelligence and e-governance can play an important role in improving access to information in our digital world. They can help bridge the digital divide by giving citizens access to tailor-made and accessible information. They can provide services that are more efficient. Citizens can access public sector information and services nearly instantly. Making government se
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Sep 29World Maritime Day
International shipping transports more than 80 per cent of global trade to peoples and communities all over the world. Shipping is the most efficient and cost-effective method of international transportation for most goods; it provides a dependable, low-cost means of transporting goods globally, facilitating commerce and helping to create prosperity among nations and peoples. The world relies
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Sep 29International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
(A/RES/74/209) Reducing food losses and waste is essential in a world where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise since 2014, and tons and tons of edible food are lost and/or wasted every day. Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is wasted (11 percent in
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Sep 30International Translation Day
(A/RES/71/288) International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security. Transposition of a literary or scientific work, including technical work, from
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Oct 01International Day of Older Persons
(A/RES/45/106) On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons (resolution 45/106). This was preceded by initiatives such as the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, which was adopted by the 1982 World Assembly on Ageing and endorsed later that year by the UN General Assembly. In 1991, the General Assembly
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Oct 02International Day of Non-Violence
(A/RES/61/271) The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence. According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to "disseminate the message of
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