United Nations Calendar For May 2020

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to may 2020:

May 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday	1Friday	2Saturday World Tuna Day	3Sunday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]
Week 19	4Monday	5Tuesday International Midwives' Day	6Wednesday	7Thursday Day of Vesak ^[floating]	8Friday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	9Saturday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	10Sunday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 20	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday International Day of Families	16Saturday	17Sunday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]
Week 21	18Monday	19Tuesday	20Wednesday	21Thursday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Friday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Saturday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	24Sunday Eid al-Fitr ^[headq]
Week 22	25Monday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1 Memorial Day ^[headq]	26Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2	27Wednesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3	28Thursday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4	29Friday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5	30Saturday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6	31Sunday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7
	1Monday	2Tuesday	3Wednesday	4Thursday	5Friday	6Saturday	7Sunday
	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday	13Saturday	14Sunday

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 2020

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