United Nations Calendar For October 2017

International Walk to School Month: October is the International Walk to School Month. International Walk to School Month gives children, parents, school teachers and community leaders an opportunity to be part of a global event as they celebrate the many benefits of walking. Walkers from around the world walk to school together for various reasons — all hoping to create communities that are safe places to walk.

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

October 2017
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 39	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	29Friday	30Saturday	1Sunday International Day of Older Persons
Week 40	2Monday World Habitat Day International Day of Non-Violence	3Tuesday	4Wednesday World Space Week - Day 1 International Walk to School Day	5Thursday World Teachers Day ^[UNESCO]^[ILO] World Space Week - Day 2	6Friday World Space Week - Day 3	7Saturday World Space Week - Day 4	8Sunday World Space Week - Day 5
Week 41	9Monday World Post Day ^[UPU] World Space Week - Day 6	10Tuesday World Mental Health Day ^[WHO] World Space Week - Day 7	11Wednesday International Day of the Girl Child	12Thursday United Nations Spanish Language Day World Sight Day ^[WHOSPN]	13Friday International Day for Disaster Reduction	14Saturday	15Sunday International Day of Rural Women
Week 42	16Monday World Food Day ^[FAO]	17Tuesday International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	18Wednesday	19Thursday	20Friday	21Saturday	22Sunday
Week 43	23Monday	24Tuesday United Nations Day World Development Information Day Disarmament Week - Day 1	25Wednesday Disarmament Week - Day 2	26Thursday Disarmament Week - Day 3	27Friday World Day for Audiovisual Heritage ^[UNESCO] Disarmament Week - Day 4	28Saturday Disarmament Week - Day 5	29Sunday Disarmament Week - Day 6
Week 44	30Monday Disarmament Week - Day 7	31Tuesday World Cities Day	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday

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

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

^[UPU] Day observed by the Universal Postal Union.

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

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

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

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