United Nations Calendar For May 2024

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to may 2024:

May 2024
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	1Wednesday	2Thursday World Tuna Day	3Friday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO] Orthodox Good Friday ^[floating]	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	19Sunday
Week 21	20Monday	21Tuesday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Wednesday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Thursday Day of Vesak ^[floating] 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	1 Saturday	2 Sunday
	3 Monday	4 Tuesday	5 Wednesday	6 Thursday	7 Friday	8 Saturday	9 Sunday
	10 Monday	11 Tuesday	12 Wednesday	13 Thursday	14 Friday	15 Saturday	16 Sunday

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.

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United Nations Calendar For May 2024

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