United Nations International Days Calendar Of 2026

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to 2026:

The week starts on:

United Nations January 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 1	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	31 Wednesday	1Thursday New Year’s Day ^[headq]	2Friday	3Saturday	4Sunday
Week 2	5Monday	6Tuesday	7Wednesday Orthodox Christmas ^[floating]	8Thursday	9Friday	10Saturday	11Sunday
Week 3	12Monday	13Tuesday	14Wednesday	15Thursday	16Friday	17Saturday	18Sunday
Week 4	19Monday	20Tuesday	21Wednesday	22Thursday	23Friday	24Saturday	25Sunday
Week 5	26Monday	27Tuesday International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust	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 February 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 5	26 Monday	27 Tuesday	28 Wednesday	29 Thursday	30 Friday	31 Saturday	1Sunday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 1
Week 6	2Monday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 2 World Wetlands Day	3Tuesday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 3	4Wednesday World Cancer Day ^[WHO] World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 4	5Thursday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 5	6Friday International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation ^[WHO] International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 6	7Saturday World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 7	8Sunday
Week 7	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday International Day of Women and Girls in Science	12Thursday	13Friday World Radio Day ^[UNESCO]	14Saturday	15Sunday
Week 8	16Monday Presidents’ Day ^[floating]	17Tuesday	18Wednesday	19Thursday	20Friday World Day of Social Justice	21Saturday International Mother Language Day ^[UNESCO]	22Sunday
Week 9	23Monday	24Tuesday	25Wednesday	26Thursday	27Friday	28Saturday	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 March 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	23 Monday	24 Tuesday	25 Wednesday	26 Thursday	27 Friday	28 Saturday	1Sunday Zero Discrimination Day ^[UNAIDS]
Week 10	2Monday	3Tuesday World Wildlife Day	4Wednesday	5Thursday	6Friday	7Saturday	8Sunday International Women's Day
Week 11	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday
Week 12	16Monday	17Tuesday	18Wednesday	19Thursday	20Friday International Day of Happiness United Nations French Language Day Eid al-Fitr ^[headq]	21Saturday International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Poetry Day ^[UNESCO] International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day International Day of Forests Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 1	22Sunday World Water Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 2
Week 13	23Monday World Meteorological Day ^[WMO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 3	24Tuesday 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	25Wednesday 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	26Thursday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 6	27Friday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination - Day 7	28Saturday	29Sunday
Week 14	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 April 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 14	30 Monday	31 Tuesday	1Wednesday	2Thursday World Autism Awareness Day	3Friday Good Friday ^[headq]	4Saturday International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	5Sunday
Week 15	6Monday International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	7Tuesday Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide World Health Day ^[WHO]	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday Orthodox Good Friday ^[floating]	11Saturday	12Sunday International Day of Human Space Flight
Week 16	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday	19Sunday
Week 17	20Monday United Nations Chinese Language Day	21Tuesday	22Wednesday International Mother Earth Day	23Thursday World Book and Copyright Day ^[UNESCO] United Nations English Language Day	24Friday World Immunization Week - Day 1 ^[WHO]	25Saturday World Malaria Day ^[WHO] World Immunization Week - Day 2 ^[WHO]	26Sunday World Intellectual Property Day ^[WIPO] World Immunization Week - Day 3 ^[WHO] International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Week 18	27Monday World Immunization Week - Day 4 ^[WHO]	28Tuesday World Day for Safety and Health at Work ^[ILO] World Immunization Week - Day 5 ^[WHO]	29Wednesday Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare World Immunization Week - Day 6 ^[WHO]	30Thursday International Jazz Day ^[UNESCO] World Immunization Week - Day 7 ^[WHO]	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 May 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 18	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	1Friday Day of Vesak ^[floating]	2Saturday World Tuna Day	3Sunday World Press Freedom Day ^[UNESCO]
Week 19	4Monday	5Tuesday International Midwives' Day	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	9Saturday Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War World Migratory Bird Day - Day 1 ^[UNEP]	10Sunday World Migratory Bird Day - Day 2 ^[UNEP]
Week 20	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday International Day of Families	16Saturday	17Sunday World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ^[ITU]
Week 21	18Monday	19Tuesday	20Wednesday	21Thursday World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development ^[UNESCO]	22Friday International Day for Biological Diversity	23Saturday International Day to End Obstetric Fistula	24Sunday
Week 22	25Monday Africa Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 1 Memorial Day ^[headq]	26Tuesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 2	27Wednesday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 3 Eid al-Adha ^[headq]	28Thursday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 4	29Friday International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 5	30Saturday Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 6	31Sunday World No-Tobacco Day ^[WHO] Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - Day 7
	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 June 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 23	1Monday Global Day of Parents	2Tuesday	3Wednesday	4Thursday International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	5Friday World Environment Day ^[UNEP]	6Saturday United Nations Russian Language Day	7Sunday
Week 24	8Monday World Oceans Day	9Tuesday	10Wednesday	11Thursday	12Friday World Day Against Child Labour ^[ILO]	13Saturday International Albinism Awareness Day	14Sunday World Blood Donor Day ^[WHO]
Week 25	15Monday	16Tuesday International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa International Day of Family Remittances	17Wednesday World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	18Thursday	19Friday International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict	20Saturday World Refugee Day	21Sunday International Day of Yoga
Week 26	22Monday	23Tuesday United Nations Public Service Day International Widow's Day	24Wednesday	25Thursday Day of the Seafarer ^[IMO]	26Friday International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	27Saturday	28Sunday
Week 27	29Monday	30Tuesday International Day of Friendship ^[FAO] International Asteroid Day	1 Wednesday	2 Thursday	3 Friday	4 Saturday	5 Sunday
	6 Monday	7 Tuesday	8 Wednesday	9 Thursday	10 Friday	11 Saturday	12 Sunday
	13 Monday	14 Tuesday	15 Wednesday	16 Thursday	17 Friday	18 Saturday	19 Sunday

United Nations July 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 27	29 Monday	30 Tuesday	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday International Day of Cooperatives Independence Day ^[headq]	5Sunday
Week 28	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday World Population Day	12Sunday
Week 29	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday World Youth Skills Day	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday Nelson Mandela International Day	19Sunday
Week 30	20Monday	21Tuesday	22Wednesday	23Thursday	24Friday	25Saturday	26Sunday
Week 31	27Monday	28Tuesday World Hepatitis Day ^[WHO]	29Wednesday	30Thursday International Day of Friendship World Day against Trafficking in Persons	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 August 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 31	27 Monday	28 Tuesday	29 Wednesday	30 Thursday	31 Friday	1Saturday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 1 ^[WHO]	2Sunday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 2 ^[WHO]
Week 32	3Monday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 3 ^[WHO]	4Tuesday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 4 ^[WHO]	5Wednesday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 5 ^[WHO]	6Thursday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 6 ^[WHO]	7Friday World Breastfeeding Week - Day 7 ^[WHO]	8Saturday	9Sunday International Day of the World's Indigenous People International Day of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa and Namibia
Week 33	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday International Youth Day	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday
Week 34	17Monday	18Tuesday	19Wednesday World Humanitarian Day	20Thursday	21Friday	22Saturday	23Sunday International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition ^[UNESCO]
Week 35	24Monday	25Tuesday	26Wednesday	27Thursday	28Friday	29Saturday International Day against Nuclear Tests	30Sunday International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Week 36	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

United Nations September 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 36	31 Monday	1Tuesday	2Wednesday	3Thursday	4Friday	5Saturday International Day of Charity	6Sunday
Week 37	7Monday Labour Day ^[headq]	8Tuesday International Literacy Day ^[UNESCO]	9Wednesday	10Thursday World Suicide Prevention Day ^[WHO]	11Friday	12Saturday United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation	13Sunday
Week 38	14Monday	15Tuesday International Day of Democracy	16Wednesday International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	17Thursday	18Friday	19Saturday	20Sunday
Week 39	21Monday International Day of Peace Yom Kippur ^[floating]	22Tuesday	23Wednesday	24Thursday World Maritime Day ^[IMO]	25Friday	26Saturday International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons	27Sunday World Tourism Day ^[UNWTO]
Week 40	28Monday World Rabies Day ^[WHOSPN]	29Tuesday World Heart Day ^[WHOSPN]	30Wednesday	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 October 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 40	28 Monday	29 Tuesday	30 Wednesday	1Thursday International Day of Older Persons	2Friday International Day of Non-Violence	3Saturday	4Sunday World Space Week - Day 1
Week 41	5Monday World Habitat Day World Teachers Day ^[UNESCO] ^[ILO] World Space Week - Day 2	6Tuesday World Space Week - Day 3	7Wednesday World Space Week - Day 4 International Walk to School Day	8Thursday World Sight Day ^[WHOSPN] World Space Week - Day 5	9Friday World Post Day ^[UPU] World Space Week - Day 6	10Saturday World Mental Health Day ^[WHO] World Space Week - Day 7	11Sunday International Day of the Girl Child
Week 42	12Monday United Nations Spanish Language Day	13Tuesday International Day for Disaster Reduction	14Wednesday	15Thursday International Day of Rural Women	16Friday World Food Day ^[FAO]	17Saturday International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	18Sunday
Week 43	19Monday	20Tuesday	21Wednesday	22Thursday	23Friday	24Saturday United Nations Day World Development Information Day Disarmament Week - Day 1	25Sunday Disarmament Week - Day 2
Week 44	26Monday Disarmament Week - Day 3	27Tuesday World Day for Audiovisual Heritage ^[UNESCO] Disarmament Week - Day 4	28Wednesday Disarmament Week - Day 5	29Thursday Disarmament Week - Day 6	30Friday Disarmament Week - Day 7	31Saturday World Cities Day	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 November 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 44	26 Monday	27 Tuesday	28 Wednesday	29 Thursday	30 Friday	31 Saturday	1Sunday
Week 45	2Monday International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists	3Tuesday	4Wednesday	5Thursday World Tsunami Awareness Day	6Friday International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	7Saturday	8Sunday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 1
Week 46	9Monday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 2	10Tuesday World Science Day for Peace and Development ^[UNESCO] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 3	11Wednesday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 4	12Thursday World Pneumonia Day ^[WHOSPN] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 5	13Friday International Week of Science and Peace - Day 6	14Saturday World Diabetes Day ^[WHO] International Week of Science and Peace - Day 7	15Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims ^[WHO]
Week 47	16Monday International Day for Tolerance	17Tuesday	18Wednesday World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day ^[WHO]	19Thursday World Philosophy Day ^[UNESCO] World Toilet Day ^[UNICEF]	20Friday Africa Industrialization Day Universal Children's Day	21Saturday World Television Day	22Sunday
Week 48	23Monday	24Tuesday Gurpurab ^[floating]	25Wednesday International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	26Thursday Thanksgiving Day ^[headq]	27Friday	28Saturday	29Sunday International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Week 49	30Monday	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 December 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 49	30 Monday	1Tuesday World AIDS Day	2Wednesday International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	3Thursday International Day of Persons with Disabilities	4Friday	5Saturday International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development World Soil Day ^[FAO]	6Sunday
Week 50	7Monday International Civil Aviation Day ^[ICAO]	8Tuesday	9Wednesday International Anti-Corruption Day International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime	10Thursday Human Rights Day	11Friday International Mountain Day	12Saturday	13Sunday
Week 51	14Monday	15Tuesday	16Wednesday	17Thursday	18Friday International Migrants Day United Nations Arabic Language Day	19Saturday	20Sunday International Human Solidarity Day
Week 52	21Monday	22Tuesday	23Wednesday	24Thursday	25Friday Christmas Day ^[headq]	26Saturday	27Sunday
Week 53	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	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

Notes:

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

^[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.

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

^[UNAIDS] Day observed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

^[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.