United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) implements its activities through the five program areas: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information.
UNESCO celebrates UN International Observance Days related to its respective competences, in addition to the other World Days, proclaimed by the United Nations Specialized Agencies.
The list of International Days with which UNESCO is associated is available here.
International Days observed at UNESCO
JANUARY
14 January
World Logic Day
24 January
International Day of Education
World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture
27 January
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
FEBRUARY
11 February
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13 February
World Radio Day
21 February
International Mother Language Day
MARCH
4 March
World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development
8 March
International Women’s Day
14 March
International Day of Mathematics
20 March
International Francophonie Day
21 March
World Poetry Day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day of Nowruz
22 March
World Water Day
APRIL
6 April
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
15 April
World Art Day
23 April
World Book and Copyright Day
30 April
International Jazz Day
MAY
3 May
World Press Freedom Day
5 May
African World Heritage Day
World Portuguese Language Day
16 May
International Day of Light
International Day of Living Together in Peace
21 May
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May
International Day for Biological Diversity
JUNE
5 June
World Environment Day
8 June
World Oceans Day
17 June
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
JULY
18 July
Nelson Mandela International Day
26 July
International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
AUGUST
9 August
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 August
International Youth Day
23 August
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
SEPTEMBER
8 September
International Literacy Day
15 September
International Day of Democracy
20 September
International Day of University Sport
21 September
International Day of Peace
28 September
International Day for the Universal Access to Information
OCTOBER
5 October
World Teachers’ Day
11 October
International Day of the Girl Child
13 October
International Day for Disaster Reduction
17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 October
United Nations Day
27 October
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
NOVEMBER
2 November
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
4 November (First Thursday)
International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying
5 November
World Day of Romani Language
World Tsunami Awareness Day
10 November
World Science Day for Peace and Development
Third Thursday in November
World Philosophy Day
16 November
International Day for Tolerance
18 November
International Day of Islamic Art
25 November
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
26 November
World Olive Tree Day
29 November
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
DECEMBER
1 December
World AIDS Day
3 December
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
10 December
Human Rights Day
18 December
International Migrants Day
18 December
World Arabic Language Day
