International Days 2006

1 January World Day of Peace

6 February International Zero Tolerance to FGM Day

1 March International Death Penalty Abolition Day
8 March International Women’s Day

21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 March UN World Water Day

7 April World Health Day

8 April International Federation of Journalists “Day of Mourning”

1 May International Labour Day

3 May World Press Freedom Day

15 May International Conscientious Objectors’ Day
15 May International Day of Families

25 May Africa Day

25 May International Day for Missing Children

29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers

4 June International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression Day
12 June World Day Against Child Labour

16 June Day of the African Child

20 June World Refugee Day

26 June International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

11 July World Population Day

17 July World Day for International Justice

9 August International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

12 August International Youth Day

23 August International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade & Its Abolition

30 August International Day of the Disappeared

21 September International Day of Peace, Global Ceasefire Day

1 October International Day of Older Persons
7 October World Habitat Day

10 October World Day Against the Death Penalty

16 October World Food Day

17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

21 October Africa Human Rights Day
24 October United Nations Day

9 November International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
16 November International Day of Tolerance

20 November Universal Children’s Day

25 November UN Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

1 December World Aids Day

2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December International Day of Disabled Persons

3 December International Action Day on Corporate Accountability
5 December International Volunteer Day

9 December International Anti-Corruption Day

9 December International Human Rights Defenders Day
10 December World Human Rights Day

18 December International Migrants Day