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27 January - International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
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20 February - World Day of Social Justice
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21 February - International Mother Language Day
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8 March - International Women's Day | United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
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21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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21-28 March - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
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22 March - World Water Day
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23 March - World Meteorological Day
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4 April - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
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7 April - World Health Day
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23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
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3 May - World Press Freedom Day
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15 May - International Day of Families
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17 May - World Information Society Day (formerly World Telecommunication Day)
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21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
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22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001)
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25 May 25 to 1 June - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
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29 May - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
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31 May - World No-Tobacco Day
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4 June - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
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5 June - World Environment Day
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17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
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20 June - World Refugee Day
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23 June - United Nations Public Service Day
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26 June - International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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First Saturday- July - International Day of Cooperatives
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11 July - World Population Day
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9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous People
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12 August - International Youth Day
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23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
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8 September - International Literacy Day
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15 September - International Day of Democracy
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16 September - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
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21 September - International Day of Peace (formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date as of 2002)
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During last Week - September - World Maritime Day
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1 October - International Day for Older Persons
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4 - 10 October - World Space Week
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5 October - World Teacher's Day
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First Monday - October - World Habitat Day
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Second Wednesday - October - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
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9 October - World Post Day
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10 October - World Mental Health Day
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16 October - World Food Day
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17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Proverty
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24 October - United Nations Day | World Development Information Day
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24-30 October - Disarmament Week
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6 November - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
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14 November - World Diabetes Day
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16 November - International Day of Tolerance
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Third Sunday - November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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20 November - Universal Children's Day, and African Industrialization Day
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21 November - World Television Day
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25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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25 November - International Day of Solidarity with the Plaestinian People
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1 December - World AIDS Day
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2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
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3 December - International Day of Disabled Persons
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5 December - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
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7 December - International Civil Aviation Day
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9 December - International Anti Corruption Day
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10 December - Human Rights Day
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11 December - International Mountains Day
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18 December - International Migrants Day
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19 December - United National Day for South-South Cooperation
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20 December - International Human Solidarity Day
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