International Days June 26 2017 (United Nations)

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to Monday, 2017-06-26:

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking:
In 1987, the General Assembly of the United Nations, expressing its determination to strengthen action and cooperation at the national, regional and international levels for the purpose of forming an international society free of drug abuse, and urging governments and organizations to formulate their programs to take due account of activities in the control of drug abuse, decides to declare 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
- Official note
- Resolution A/RES/42/112
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture:
In 1997 the General Assembly of the United Nations, recognizing the use of torture as one of the most abhorrent acts that humans commit against their peers;urging the complete eradication of it;and encouraging the enforcement of the Convention against torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment, which entered into force on 26 June 1987, hereby proclaim June 26 as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
- Official note
- Resolution A/RES/52/149
Eid al-Fitr:
^[headq] As stated in resolutions 52/214, 52/468 and other related United Nations resolutions, staff at all United Nations duty stations, including the United Nations Headquarters, are to observe Eid al-Fitr as holiday. Eid al-Fitr is also called Breaking the Fast Feast because it falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal, right after the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the islamic calendar. Please note that the date for the start of any lunar islamic month varies based on the observation of new moon by local religious authorities, so the exact day of celebration varies by locality and there may be a one-day error in the date calculation.
- Resolution 52/214
- Resolution 52/468