United Nations Calendar For May 2017

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to may 2017:

May 2017
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	1Monday	2Tuesday World Tuna Day	3Wednesday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]	4Thursday	5Friday International Midwives' Day	6Saturday	7Sunday
Week 19	8Monday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	9Tuesday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	10Wednesday Day of Vesak ^[floating]	11Thursday	12Friday	13Saturday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	14Sunday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 20	15Monday International Day of Families	16Tuesday	17Wednesday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]	18Thursday	19Friday	20Saturday	21Sunday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]
Week 21	22Monday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Tuesday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	24Wednesday	25Thursday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1	26Friday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2	27Saturday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3	28Sunday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4
Week 22	29Monday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5 Memorial Day ^[headq]	30Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6	31Wednesday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7	1Thursday	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
	5Monday	6Tuesday	7Wednesday	8Thursday	9Friday	10Saturday	11Sunday
	12Monday	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday

Notes:

^[UNESCO] Day observed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

^[floating] A 'floating' holiday. An employee at the United Nations may or may not choose to take this day as a holiday. Starting in 2016, the United Nations staff will no longer have 10 official holidays. There will be nine official holidays and each employee will be able to choose one of seven floating holidays as a 10th holiday.

^[UNEP] Day observed by the United Nations Environment Programme.

^[ITU] Day observed by the International Telecommunication Union.

^[headq] This is an official holiday at the United Nations Headquarters.

^[WHO] Day observed by the World Health Organization.

Content last updated on 2017-03-27T12:26:00Z

United Nations Calendar For May 2017

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