United Nations International Days Calendar Of 2019

Year 2019:

Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (decade 2011-2020)
- A/RES/65/119
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (decade 2011-2020)
- Official note
- A/RES/65/161
Decade of Action for Road Safety (decade 2011-2020)
- Official note
- A/RES/64/255
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (decade 2010-2020)
- Official note
- A/RES/62/195

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to 2019:

The week starts on:

United Nations January 2019
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Week 1	31Monday	1Tuesday New Year’s Day ^[headq]	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
Week 2	7Monday Orthodox Christmas ^[floating]	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday
Week 3	14Monday	15Tuesday	16Wednesday	17Thursday	18Friday	19Saturday	20Sunday
Week 4	21Monday	22Tuesday	23Wednesday	24Thursday	25Friday	26Saturday	27Sunday International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Week 5	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday

United Nations February 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 1	2Saturday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 2 World Wetlands Day	3Sunday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 3
Week 6	4Monday World Cancer Day ^[WHO] World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 4	5Tuesday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 5	6Wednesday International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation ^[WHO] International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 6	7Thursday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 7	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
Week 7	11Monday International Day of Women and Girls in Science	12Tuesday	13Wednesday World Radio Day ^[UNESCO]	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday
Week 8	18Monday Presidents’ Day ^[floating]	19Tuesday	20Wednesday World Day of Social Justice	21Thursday International Mother Language Day ^[UNESCO]	22Friday	23Saturday	24Sunday
Week 9	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday

United Nations March 2019
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Week 9	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	1Friday Zero Discrimination Day ^[UNAIDS]	2Saturday	3Sunday World Wildlife Day
Week 10	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday International Women's Day	9Saturday	10Sunday
Week 11	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday
Week 12	18Monday	19Tuesday	20Wednesday International Day of Happiness United Nations French Language Day	21Thursday International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Poetry Day ^[UNESCO] International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day International Day of Forests Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 1	22Friday World Water Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 2	23Saturday World Meteorological Day ^[WMO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 3	24Sunday World Tuberculosis Day ^[WHO] International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 4
Week 13	25Monday International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 5	26Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 6	27Wednesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 7	28Thursday	29Friday	30Saturday	31Sunday
	1Monday	2Tuesday	3Wednesday	4Thursday	5Friday	6Saturday	7Sunday
	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday	13Saturday	14Sunday

United Nations April 2019
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Week 14	1Monday	2Tuesday World Autism Awareness Day	3Wednesday	4Thursday International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	5Friday	6Saturday International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	7Sunday Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide World Health Day ^[WHO]
Week 15	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday International Day of Human Space Flight	13Saturday	14Sunday
Week 16	15Monday	16Tuesday	17Wednesday	18Thursday	19Friday Good Friday ^[headq]	20Saturday United Nations Chinese Language Day	21Sunday
Week 17	22Monday International Mother Earth Day	23Tuesday World Book and Copyright Day ^[UNESCO] United Nations English Language Day	24Wednesday World Immunization Week - Day 1 ^[WHO]	25Thursday World Malaria Day ^[WHO] World Immunization Week - Day 2 ^[WHO]	26Friday World Intellectual Property Day ^[WIPO] World Immunization Week - Day 3 ^[WHO] International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day Orthodox Good Friday ^[floating]	27Saturday World Immunization Week - Day 4 ^[WHO]	28Sunday World Day for Safety and Health at Work ^[ILO] World Immunization Week - Day 5 ^[WHO]
Week 18	29Monday Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare World Immunization Week - Day 6 ^[WHO]	30Tuesday International Jazz Day ^[UNESCO] World Immunization Week - Day 7 ^[WHO]	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday
	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday	19Sunday

United Nations May 2019
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Week 18	29Monday	30Tuesday	1Wednesday	2Thursday World Tuna Day	3Friday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]	4Saturday	5Sunday International Midwives' Day
Week 19	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	9Thursday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	10Friday	11Saturday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	12Sunday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 20	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday International Day of Families	16Thursday	17Friday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]	18Saturday Day of Vesak ^[floating]	19Sunday
Week 21	20Monday	21Tuesday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Wednesday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Thursday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	24Friday	25Saturday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1	26Sunday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2
Week 22	27Monday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3 Memorial Day ^[headq]	28Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4	29Wednesday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5	30Thursday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6	31Friday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday

United Nations June 2019
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Week 22	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	30Thursday	31Friday	1Saturday Global Day of Parents	2Sunday
Week 23	3Monday	4Tuesday International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	5Wednesday World Environment Day ^[UNEP] Eid al-Fitr ^[headq]	6Thursday United Nations Russian Language Day	7Friday	8Saturday World Oceans Day	9Sunday
Week 24	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday World Day Against Child Labour ^[ILO]	13Thursday International Albinism Awareness Day	14Friday World Blood Donor Day ^[WHO]	15Saturday	16Sunday International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa International Day of Family Remittances
Week 25	17Monday World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	18Tuesday	19Wednesday International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict	20Thursday World Refugee Day	21Friday International Day of Yoga	22Saturday	23Sunday United Nations Public Service Day International Widow's Day
Week 26	24Monday	25Tuesday Day of the Seafarer ^[IMO]	26Wednesday International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	27Thursday	28Friday	29Saturday	30Sunday International Day of Friendship ^[FAO] International Asteroid Day
	1Monday	2Tuesday	3Wednesday	4Thursday	5Friday	6Saturday	7Sunday
	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday	13Saturday	14Sunday

United Nations July 2019
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Week 27	1Monday	2Tuesday	3Wednesday	4Thursday Independence Day ^[headq]	5Friday	6Saturday International Day of Cooperatives	7Sunday
Week 28	8Monday	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday World Population Day	12Friday	13Saturday	14Sunday
Week 29	15Monday World Youth Skills Day	16Tuesday	17Wednesday	18Thursday Nelson Mandela International Day	19Friday	20Saturday	21Sunday
Week 30	22Monday	23Tuesday	24Wednesday	25Thursday	26Friday	27Saturday	28Sunday World Hepatitis Day ^[WHO]
Week 31	29Monday	30Tuesday International Day of Friendship World Day against Trafficking in Persons	31Wednesday	1Thursday	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
	5Monday	6Tuesday	7Wednesday	8Thursday	9Friday	10Saturday	11Sunday
	12Monday	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday

United Nations August 2019
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Week 31	29Monday	30Tuesday	31Wednesday	1Thursday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 1 ^[WHO]	2Friday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 2 ^[WHO]	3Saturday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 3 ^[WHO]	4Sunday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 4 ^[WHO]
Week 32	5Monday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 5 ^[WHO]	6Tuesday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 6 ^[WHO]	7Wednesday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 7 ^[WHO]	8Thursday	9Friday International Day of the World's Indigenous People International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia	10Saturday	11Sunday
Week 33	12Monday International Youth Day Eid al-Adha ^[headq]	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday
Week 34	19Monday World Humanitarian Day	20Tuesday	21Wednesday	22Thursday	23Friday International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition ^[UNESCO]	24Saturday	25Sunday
Week 35	26Monday	27Tuesday	28Wednesday	29Thursday International Day against Nuclear Tests	30Friday International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances	31Saturday	1Sunday
	2Monday	3Tuesday	4Wednesday	5Thursday	6Friday	7Saturday	8Sunday
	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday

United Nations September 2019
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Week 35	26Monday	27Tuesday	28Wednesday	29Thursday	30Friday	31Saturday	1Sunday
Week 36	2Monday Labour Day ^[headq]	3Tuesday	4Wednesday	5Thursday International Day of Charity	6Friday	7Saturday	8Sunday International Literacy Day ^[UNESCO]
Week 37	9Monday	10Tuesday World Suicide Prevention Day ^[WHO]	11Wednesday	12Thursday United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday International Day of Democracy
Week 38	16Monday International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	17Tuesday	18Wednesday	19Thursday	20Friday	21Saturday International Day of Peace	22Sunday
Week 39	23Monday	24Tuesday	25Wednesday	26Thursday World Maritime Day ^[IMO] International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons	27Friday World Tourism Day ^[UNWTO]	28Saturday World Rabies Day ^[WHOSPN]	29Sunday World Heart Day ^[WHOSPN]
Week 40	30Monday	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
	7Monday	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday

United Nations October 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 40	30Monday	1Tuesday International Day of Older Persons	2Wednesday International Day of Non-Violence	3Thursday	4Friday World Space Week - Day 1	5Saturday World Teachers Day ^[UNESCO]^[ILO] World Space Week - Day 2	6Sunday World Space Week - Day 3
Week 41	7Monday World Habitat Day World Space Week - Day 4	8Tuesday World Space Week - Day 5	9Wednesday World Post Day ^[UPU] World Space Week - Day 6 International Walk to School Day Yom Kippur ^[floating]	10Thursday World Mental Health Day ^[WHO] World Sight Day ^[WHOSPN] World Space Week - Day 7	11Friday International Day of the Girl Child	12Saturday United Nations Spanish Language Day	13Sunday International Day for Disaster Reduction
Week 42	14Monday	15Tuesday International Day of Rural Women	16Wednesday World Food Day ^[FAO]	17Thursday International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	18Friday	19Saturday	20Sunday
Week 43	21Monday	22Tuesday	23Wednesday	24Thursday United Nations Day World Development Information Day Disarmament Week - Day 1	25Friday Disarmament Week - Day 2	26Saturday Disarmament Week - Day 3	27Sunday World Day for Audiovisual Heritage ^[UNESCO] Disarmament Week - Day 4
Week 44	28Monday Disarmament Week - Day 5	29Tuesday Disarmament Week - Day 6	30Wednesday Disarmament Week - Day 7	31Thursday World Cities Day	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday

United Nations November 2019
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Week 44	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday	2Saturday International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists	3Sunday
Week 45	4Monday	5Tuesday World Tsunami Awareness Day	6Wednesday International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday World Science Day for Peace and Development ^[UNESCO] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 1
Week 46	11Monday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 2	12Tuesday World Pneumonia Day ^[WHOSPN] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 3 Gurpurab ^[floating]	13Wednesday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 4	14Thursday World Diabetes Day ^[WHO] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 5	15Friday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 6	16Saturday International Day for Tolerance International Week of Science and Peace - Day 7	17Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims ^[WHO]
Week 47	18Monday	19Tuesday World Toilet Day ^[UNICEF]	20Wednesday World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day ^[WHO] Africa Industrialization Day Universal Children's Day	21Thursday World Philosophy Day ^[UNESCO] World Television Day	22Friday	23Saturday	24Sunday
Week 48	25Monday International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday Thanksgiving Day ^[headq]	29Friday International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	30Saturday	1Sunday
	2Monday	3Tuesday	4Wednesday	5Thursday	6Friday	7Saturday	8Sunday
	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday

United Nations December 2019
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Week 48	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	29Friday	30Saturday	1Sunday World AIDS Day
Week 49	2Monday International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	3Tuesday International Day of Persons with Disabilities	4Wednesday	5Thursday International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development World Soil Day ^[FAO]	6Friday	7Saturday International Civil Aviation Day ^[ICAO]	8Sunday
Week 50	9Monday International Anti-Corruption Day International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime	10Tuesday Human Rights Day	11Wednesday International Mountain Day	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday
Week 51	16Monday	17Tuesday	18Wednesday International Migrants Day United Nations Arabic Language Day	19Thursday	20Friday International Human Solidarity Day	21Saturday	22Sunday
Week 52	23Monday	24Tuesday	25Wednesday Christmas Day ^[headq]	26Thursday	27Friday	28Saturday	29Sunday
Week 1	30Monday	31Tuesday	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday

Notes:

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

^[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.

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

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

^[UNAIDS] Day observed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

^[WMO] Day observed by the World Meteorological Organization.

^[WIPO] Day observed by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

^[ILO] Day observed by the International Labour Organization.

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

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

^[IMO] Day observed by the International Maritime Organization.

^[FAO] Day observed by the Food and Agriculture Organization.

^[UNWTO] Day observed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

^[WHOSPN] This is not part of the official public campaigns of the World Health Organization.