United Nations Calendar For May 2025

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to may 2025:

May 2025
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	28 Monday	29 Tuesday	30 Wednesday	1Thursday	2Friday World Tuna Day	3Saturday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]	4Sunday
Week 19	5Monday International Midwives' Day	6Tuesday	7Wednesday	8Thursday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	9Friday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	10Saturday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	11Sunday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 20	12Monday Day of Vesak ^[floating]	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday International Day of Families	16Friday	17Saturday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]	18Sunday
Week 21	19Monday	20Tuesday	21Wednesday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Thursday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Friday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	24Saturday	25Sunday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1
Week 22	26Monday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2 Memorial Day ^[headq]	27Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3	28Wednesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4	29Thursday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5	30Friday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6	31Saturday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7	1 Sunday
	2 Monday	3 Tuesday	4 Wednesday	5 Thursday	6 Friday	7 Saturday	8 Sunday
	9 Monday	10 Tuesday	11 Wednesday	12 Thursday	13 Friday	14 Saturday	15 Sunday

Notes:

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

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

^[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.

^[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 2017-03-27T12:26:00Z

United Nations Calendar For May 2025

Notes:

Other Months

Other Calendars