United Nations Calendar For May 2012

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to may 2012:

May 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	30Monday	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]	4Friday	5Saturday International Midwives' Day	6Sunday Day of Vesak ^[floating]
Week 19	7Monday	8Tuesday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	9Wednesday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	13Sunday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 20	14Monday	15Tuesday International Day of Families	16Wednesday	17Thursday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]	18Friday	19Saturday	20Sunday
Week 21	21Monday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Tuesday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Wednesday	24Thursday	25Friday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1	26Saturday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2	27Sunday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3
Week 22	28Monday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4 Memorial Day ^[headq]	29Tuesday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5	30Wednesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6	31Thursday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday

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 2016-08-23T15:26:00Z

United Nations Calendar For May 2012

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