United Nations Calendar For May 2021

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to may 2021:

May 2021
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 17	26Monday	27Tuesday	28Wednesday	29Thursday	30Friday	1Saturday	2Sunday World Tuna Day
Week 18	3Monday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]	4Tuesday	5Wednesday International Midwives' Day	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	9Sunday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 19	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday Eid al-Fitr ^[headq]	14Friday	15Saturday International Day of Families	16Sunday
Week 20	17Monday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]	18Tuesday	19Wednesday	20Thursday	21Friday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Saturday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Sunday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Week 21	24Monday	25Tuesday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1	26Wednesday Day of Vesak ^[floating] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2	27Thursday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3	28Friday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4	29Saturday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5	30Sunday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6
Week 22	31Monday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7 Memorial Day ^[headq]	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday	6Sunday
	7Monday	8Tuesday	9Wednesday	10Thursday	11Friday	12Saturday	13Sunday

Notes:

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

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

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

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

^[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.

Content last updated on 2017-03-27T12:26:00Z

United Nations Calendar For May 2021

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