World’s Important Days - International Days - and Observance Days
World’s Concern and Interest
World’s Important Days are actually not holidays. But to the International community and United Nations, World’s Important Days may be treated as favorite holidays for they have something to commemorate, promote or mobilize. World’s Important Days or International Days are days to observe issue of world’s concern and interest. These international days are really days used by the world community to commemorate, promote and mobilize for certain action.
Worlds Important Days - Most of the worlds important days have been established by the United Nations (UN). Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
United Nations
Many of the world’s important days have been established by the United Nations (UN). The United Nations has a rich infrastructure throughout the world and it’s through such infrastructure that is able to coordinate events of these international days. In most of these world’s important days, the UN has successfully put in motion campaigns in international observance of the days and in return has always come up with recommendation for future days.
Here below is a listing of world’s important days:
January - World's Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
January 1 | Global Family Day |
January 6 | World Day - War Orphans |
January 24 | National Girl Child Day of India January 24 |
January 26 | International Customs day |
January 27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
January 28 | Data Protection Day |
January 30 | World Leprosy Eradication Day |
February - World's Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
February 2 | World Wetland Day |
February 4 | World Cancer Day |
February 5 | Kashmir Day |
February 6 | International Day against Female Genital Mutilation |
February 12 | Darwin Day |
February 12 | World Day of the Sick |
February 14 | Valentine’s Day |
February 20 | World Day of Social Justice |
February 21 | International Mother Language Day |
February 22 | World Scout Day |
February 23 | World Peaces and Understanding Day |
March - World’s Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
March 4 | World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation |
March 8 | International Womens' Day |
March 13 | World Kidney Day |
March 13 | World Rotaract Day |
March 15 | World Consumer Rights Day |
March 20 | International Day of the Francophonie |
March 20 | World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People |
March 21 | World Sleep Day |
March 21 | World Forestry Day |
March 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. |
March 22 | World Water Day |
March 23 | World Meteorological Day |
March 24 | World TB Day |
March 24 | International Day for Achievers |
March 25 | International Day of Remembrance - Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade |
March 27 | World Drama Day |
April - World’s Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
April 2 | World Autism Awareness Day |
April 4 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action |
April 7 | World Health Day |
April 7 | International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
April 12 | World Aviation & Cosmonautics Day |
April 17 | World Haemophilia Day |
April 18 | World Heritage Day |
April 21 | World Creativity and Innovation Day |
April 22 | Earth Day |
April 23 | World Book and Copyright Day |
April 24 | World Lab Animals Day |
April 25 | World Malaria Day |
April 26 | World Intellectual Property Day |
April 28 | International Worker’s Memorial Day |
April 29 | World Dance Day |
May - World’s Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
May 01 | May day - Labour Day |
May-03 | Press Freedom Day |
May-03 | International Sun Day |
May-03 | World Asthma Day |
May-04 | Coal Miners Day |
May-04 | International Firefighters' Day |
May 05 - First Sunday in May | World laughter Day - First Sunday in May |
May-05 | World Athletics Day |
May-08 | World Red Cross Day and Red Crescent Day |
May-08 | Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives Second World War |
May-09 | World Thalassaemia Day |
May-10 | World Mother Day |
May-12 | International Nurses Day |
May-13 | International Criminal Court Day |
May-14 | Bone and Joint Day |
May-15 | International Day of the Families |
May-17 | World Information Society Day |
May-18 | World Hyper Tension Day |
May-18 | World Museum Day |
May-19 | World Hepatitis Day |
May-20 | World Metrology Day |
May-21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
May-22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
May-23 | World Turtle Day |
May-24 | Commonwealth Day |
May-28 | Anti-Narcotics Day |
May-28 | Engineers Day |
May-29 | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers |
May-31 | World Anti Tobacco Day |
June - World’s Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
June 1 | International Children’s Day |
June 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
June 5 | World Environment Day |
June 8 | World Brain Tumors Day |
June 8 | World Ocean Day |
June 12 | World Day Against Child Labor |
June 14 | World Blood Donor Day |
June 15 | World Father’s Day |
June 16 | International Integration Day |
June 17 | World Combat Day to Desertification and Drought |
June 18 | International Picnic Day |
June 20 | World Refugee Day |
June 21 | World Music Day |
June 23 | International Olympic Day |
June 23 | United Nations Public Service Day |
June 26 | International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
June 26 | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
July - World’s Important Days
| Day | Day's Name |
|---|---|
July 1 | International Joke Day |
July 1 | Doctor's Day |
July 2 | World Sports Journalists Day |
1st Saturday of July |