United Nations International Days Calendar Of 2012

Year 2012:

Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (decade 2011-2020)
- A/RES/65/119
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (decade 2011-2020)
- Official note
- A/RES/65/161
Decade of Action for Road Safety (decade 2011-2020)
- Official note
- A/RES/64/255
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (decade 2010-2020)
- Official note
- A/RES/62/195
Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (decade 2008-2017)
- A/RES/62/205
Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions (decade 2006-2016)
- A/RES/62/9
International Decade for Action, Water for Life (decade 2005-2015)
- Official note
- A/RES/58/217
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (decade 2005-2014)
- A/RES/57/254
Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (decade 2005-2014)
- Official note
- A/RES/59/174
United Nations Literacy Decade: Education for All (decade 2003-2012)
- Official note
- A/RES/56/116
60th anniversary of the UN Disarmament Commission (11 January)
40th anniversary of the Seabed Treaty (18 May)
20th anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Minorities (18 December)

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

The week starts on:

United Nations January 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 52	26 Monday	27 Tuesday	28 Wednesday	29 Thursday	30 Friday	31 Saturday	1Sunday New Year’s Day ^[headq]
Week 1	2Monday	3Tuesday	4Wednesday	5Thursday	6Friday	7Saturday	8Sunday
Week 2	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday
Week 3	16Monday	17Tuesday	18Wednesday	19Thursday	20Friday	21Saturday	22Sunday
Week 4	23Monday	24Tuesday	25Wednesday	26Thursday	27Friday International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust	28Saturday	29Sunday
Week 5	30Monday	31Tuesday	1 Wednesday	2 Thursday	3 Friday	4 Saturday	5 Sunday
	6 Monday	7 Tuesday	8 Wednesday	9 Thursday	10 Friday	11 Saturday	12 Sunday

United Nations February 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	30 Monday	31 Tuesday	1Wednesday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 1	2Thursday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 2 World Wetlands Day	3Friday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 3	4Saturday World Cancer Day ^[WHO] World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 4	5Sunday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 5
Week 6	6Monday International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation ^[WHO] International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 1 World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 6	7Tuesday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 2 World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 7	8Wednesday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 3	9Thursday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 4	10Friday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 5	11Saturday International Day of Women and Girls in Science World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 6	12Sunday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 7
Week 7	13Monday World Radio Day ^[UNESCO]	14Tuesday	15Wednesday	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday	19Sunday
Week 8	20Monday World Day of Social Justice Presidents’ Day ^[floating]	21Tuesday International Mother Language Day ^[UNESCO]	22Wednesday	23Thursday	24Friday	25Saturday	26Sunday
Week 9	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday	1 Thursday	2 Friday	3 Saturday	4 Sunday
	5 Monday	6 Tuesday	7 Wednesday	8 Thursday	9 Friday	10 Saturday	11 Sunday
	12 Monday	13 Tuesday	14 Wednesday	15 Thursday	16 Friday	17 Saturday	18 Sunday

United Nations March 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	1Thursday	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
Week 10	5Monday	6Tuesday	7Wednesday	8Thursday International Women's Day	9Friday	10Saturday	11Sunday
Week 11	12Monday	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday
Week 12	19Monday	20Tuesday International Day of Happiness	21Wednesday International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Poetry Day ^[UNESCO] International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 1	22Thursday World Water Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 2	23Friday World Meteorological Day ^[WMO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 3	24Saturday World Tuberculosis Day ^[WHO] International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 4	25Sunday International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 5
Week 13	26Monday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 6	27Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 7	28Wednesday	29Thursday	30Friday	31Saturday	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

United Nations April 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 13	26 Monday	27 Tuesday	28 Wednesday	29 Thursday	30 Friday	31 Saturday	1Sunday
Week 14	2Monday World Autism Awareness Day	3Tuesday	4Wednesday International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	5Thursday	6Friday Good Friday ^[headq]	7Saturday Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide World Health Day ^[WHO]	8Sunday
Week 15	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday International Day of Human Space Flight	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday
Week 16	16Monday	17Tuesday	18Wednesday	19Thursday	20Friday	21Saturday	22Sunday International Mother Earth Day
Week 17	23Monday World Book and Copyright Day ^[UNESCO]	24Tuesday World Immunization Week - Day 1 ^[WHO]	25Wednesday World Malaria Day ^[WHO] World Immunization Week - Day 2 ^[WHO]	26Thursday World Intellectual Property Day ^[WIPO] World Immunization Week - Day 3 ^[WHO]	27Friday World Immunization Week - Day 4 ^[WHO]	28Saturday World Day for Safety and Health at Work ^[ILO] World Immunization Week - Day 5 ^[WHO]	29Sunday Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare World Immunization Week - Day 6 ^[WHO]
Week 18	30Monday International Jazz Day ^[UNESCO] World Immunization Week - Day 7 ^[WHO]	1 Tuesday	2 Wednesday	3 Thursday	4 Friday	5 Saturday	6 Sunday
	7 Monday	8 Tuesday	9 Wednesday	10 Thursday	11 Friday	12 Saturday	13 Sunday

United Nations May 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	30 Monday	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	1 Friday	2 Saturday	3 Sunday
	4 Monday	5 Tuesday	6 Wednesday	7 Thursday	8 Friday	9 Saturday	10 Sunday
	11 Monday	12 Tuesday	13 Wednesday	14 Thursday	15 Friday	16 Saturday	17 Sunday

United Nations June 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 22	28 Monday	29 Tuesday	30 Wednesday	31 Thursday	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
Week 23	4Monday International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	5Tuesday World Environment Day ^[UNEP]	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday World Oceans Day	9Saturday	10Sunday
Week 24	11Monday	12Tuesday World Day Against Child Labour ^[ILO]	13Wednesday	14Thursday World Blood Donor Day ^[WHO]	15Friday	16Saturday International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa	17Sunday World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Week 25	18Monday	19Tuesday	20Wednesday World Refugee Day	21Thursday	22Friday	23Saturday United Nations Public Service Day International Widow's Day	24Sunday
Week 26	25Monday Day of the Seafarer ^[IMO]	26Tuesday International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	27Wednesday	28Thursday	29Friday	30Saturday International Day of Friendship ^[FAO]	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

United Nations July 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 26	25 Monday	26 Tuesday	27 Wednesday	28 Thursday	29 Friday	30 Saturday	1Sunday
Week 27	2Monday	3Tuesday	4Wednesday Independence Day ^[headq]	5Thursday	6Friday	7Saturday International Day of Cooperatives	8Sunday
Week 28	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday World Population Day	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday
Week 29	16Monday	17Tuesday	18Wednesday Nelson Mandela International Day	19Thursday	20Friday	21Saturday	22Sunday
Week 30	23Monday	24Tuesday	25Wednesday	26Thursday	27Friday	28Saturday World Hepatitis Day ^[WHO]	29Sunday
Week 31	30Monday International Day of Friendship	31Tuesday	1 Wednesday	2 Thursday	3 Friday	4 Saturday	5 Sunday
	6 Monday	7 Tuesday	8 Wednesday	9 Thursday	10 Friday	11 Saturday	12 Sunday

United Nations August 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 31	30 Monday	31 Tuesday	1Wednesday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 1 ^[WHO]	2Thursday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 2 ^[WHO]	3Friday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 3 ^[WHO]	4Saturday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 4 ^[WHO]	5Sunday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 5 ^[WHO]
Week 32	6Monday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 6 ^[WHO]	7Tuesday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 7 ^[WHO]	8Wednesday	9Thursday International Day of the World's Indigenous People International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday International Youth Day
Week 33	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday	19Sunday World Humanitarian Day Eid al-Fitr ^[headq]
Week 34	20Monday	21Tuesday	22Wednesday	23Thursday International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition ^[UNESCO]	24Friday	25Saturday	26Sunday
Week 35	27Monday	28Tuesday	29Wednesday International Day against Nuclear Tests	30Thursday International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances	31Friday	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

United Nations September 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 35	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	31 Friday	1Saturday	2Sunday
Week 36	3Monday Labour Day ^[headq]	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday International Literacy Day ^[UNESCO]	9Sunday
Week 37	10Monday World Suicide Prevention Day ^[WHO]	11Tuesday	12Wednesday United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday International Day of Democracy	16Sunday International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Week 38	17Monday	18Tuesday	19Wednesday	20Thursday	21Friday International Day of Peace	22Saturday	23Sunday
Week 39	24Monday	25Tuesday	26Wednesday Yom Kippur ^[floating]	27Thursday World Tourism Day ^[UNWTO] World Maritime Day ^[IMO]	28Friday World Rabies Day ^[WHOSPN]	29Saturday World Heart Day ^[WHOSPN]	30Sunday
	1 Monday	2 Tuesday	3 Wednesday	4 Thursday	5 Friday	6 Saturday	7 Sunday
	8 Monday	9 Tuesday	10 Wednesday	11 Thursday	12 Friday	13 Saturday	14 Sunday

United Nations October 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 40	1Monday World Habitat Day International Day of Older Persons	2Tuesday International Day of Non-Violence	3Wednesday International Walk to School Day	4Thursday World Space Week - Day 1	5Friday World Teachers Day ^[UNESCO] ^[ILO] World Space Week - Day 2	6Saturday World Space Week - Day 3	7Sunday World Space Week - Day 4
Week 41	8Monday World Space Week - Day 5	9Tuesday World Post Day ^[UPU] World Space Week - Day 6	10Wednesday World Mental Health Day ^[WHO] World Space Week - Day 7	11Thursday International Day of the Girl Child World Sight Day ^[WHOSPN]	12Friday	13Saturday International Day for Disaster Reduction	14Sunday
Week 42	15Monday International Day of Rural Women	16Tuesday World Food Day ^[FAO]	17Wednesday International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	18Thursday	19Friday	20Saturday	21Sunday
Week 43	22Monday	23Tuesday	24Wednesday United Nations Day World Development Information Day Disarmament Week - Day 1	25Thursday Disarmament Week - Day 2	26Friday Disarmament Week - Day 3 Eid al-Adha ^[headq]	27Saturday World Day for Audiovisual Heritage ^[UNESCO] Disarmament Week - Day 4	28Sunday Disarmament Week - Day 5
Week 44	29Monday Disarmament Week - Day 6	30Tuesday Disarmament Week - Day 7	31Wednesday	1 Thursday	2 Friday	3 Saturday	4 Sunday
	5 Monday	6 Tuesday	7 Wednesday	8 Thursday	9 Friday	10 Saturday	11 Sunday
	12 Monday	13 Tuesday	14 Wednesday	15 Thursday	16 Friday	17 Saturday	18 Sunday

United Nations November 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 44	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
Week 45	5Monday	6Tuesday International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	7Wednesday	8Thursday	9Friday	10Saturday World Science Day for Peace and Development ^[UNESCO]	11Sunday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 1
Week 46	12Monday World Pneumonia Day ^[WHOSPN] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 2	13Tuesday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 3	14Wednesday World Diabetes Day ^[WHO] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 4	15Thursday World Philosophy Day ^[UNESCO] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 5	16Friday International Day for Tolerance International Week of Science and Peace - Day 6	17Saturday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 7	18Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims ^[WHO] Global Soil Week - Day 1 ^[FAO]
Week 47	19Monday Global Soil Week - Day 2 ^[FAO]	20Tuesday Africa Industrialization Day Universal Children's Day Global Soil Week - Day 3 ^[FAO]	21Wednesday World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day ^[WHO] World Television Day Global Soil Week - Day 4 ^[FAO]	22Thursday Global Soil Week - Day 5 ^[FAO] Thanksgiving Day ^[headq]	23Friday	24Saturday	25Sunday International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Week 48	26Monday	27Tuesday	28Wednesday	29Thursday International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	30Friday	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

United Nations December 2012
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 48	26 Monday	27 Tuesday	28 Wednesday	29 Thursday	30 Friday	1Saturday World AIDS Day	2Sunday International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Week 49	3Monday International Day of Persons with Disabilities	4Tuesday	5Wednesday International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development	6Thursday	7Friday International Civil Aviation Day ^[ICAO]	8Saturday	9Sunday International Anti-Corruption Day
Week 50	10Monday Human Rights Day	11Tuesday International Mountain Day	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday
Week 51	17Monday	18Tuesday International Migrants Day	19Wednesday	20Thursday International Human Solidarity Day	21Friday	22Saturday	23Sunday
Week 52	24Monday	25Tuesday Christmas Day ^[headq]	26Wednesday	27Thursday	28Friday	29Saturday	30Sunday
Week 1	31Monday	1 Tuesday	2 Wednesday	3 Thursday	4 Friday	5 Saturday	6 Sunday
	7 Monday	8 Tuesday	9 Wednesday	10 Thursday	11 Friday	12 Saturday	13 Sunday

Notes:

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

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

^[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.

^[WMO] Day observed by the World Meteorological Organization.

^[WIPO] Day observed by the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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

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

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

^[IMO] Day observed by the International Maritime Organization.

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

^[UNWTO] Day observed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

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

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

^[ICAO] Day observed by the International Civil Aviation Organization.