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United Nations Holidays in 2020

January 1, 2020 All day

United Nations Holidays in 2020

Date Name
27 JanMondayInternational Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
4 FebTuesdayWorld Cancer Day
6 FebThursdayInternational Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
11 FebTuesdayInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science
13 FebThursdayWorld Radio Day
20 FebThursdayWorld Day of Social Justice
21 FebFridayInternational Mother Language Day
1 MarSundayZero Discrimination Day
3 MarTuesdayWorld Wildlife Day
8 MarSundayInternational Women’s Day
20 MarFridayInternational Day of Happiness
21 MarSaturdayInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 MarSaturdayWorld Poetry Day
21 MarSaturdayInternational Day of Nowruz
21 MarSaturdayWorld Down Syndrome Day
21 MarSaturdayInternational Day of Forests
22 MarSundayWorld Water Day
23 MarMondayWorld Meteorological Day
24 MarTuesdayWorld Tuberculosis Day
24 MarTuesdayInternational Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
25 MarWednesdayInternational Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 MarWednesdayInternational Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
2 AprThursdayWorld Autism Awareness Day
4 AprSaturdayUnited Nations’ Mine Awareness Day
6 AprMondayInternational Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7 AprTuesdayUnited Nations’ World Health Day
7 AprTuesdayDay of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
12 AprSundayInternational Day of Human Space Flight
20 AprMondayChinese Language Day
22 AprWednesdayEarth Day
23 AprThursdayWorld Book and Copyright Day
23 AprThursdayEnglish Language Day
25 AprSaturdayWorld Malaria Day
26 AprSundayWorld Intellectual Property Day
26 AprSundayInternational Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
28 AprTuesdayWorld Day for Safety and Health at Work
29 AprWednesdayDay of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30 AprThursdayInternational Jazz Day
2 MaySaturdayWorld Tuna Day
3 MaySundayWorld Press Freedom Day
8 MayFridayTime of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
9 MaySaturdayWorld Migratory Bird Day
15 MayFridayInternational Day of Families
17 MaySundayWorld Information Society Day
21 MayThursdayWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 MayFridayInternational Day for Biological Diversity
23 MaySaturdayInternational Day to End Obstetric Fistula
29 MayFridayInternational Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 MaySundayWorld No Tobacco Day
1 JunMondayGlobal Day of Parents
4 JunThursdayInternational Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 JunFridayWorld Environment Day
8 JunMondayWorld Oceans Day
12 JunFridayWorld Day Against Child Labour
13 JunSaturdayInternational Albinism Awareness Day
14 JunSundayWorld Blood Donor Day
15 JunMondayWorld Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 JunTuesdayInternational Day of Family Remittances
17 JunWednesdayWorld Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
19 JunFridayInternational Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20 JunSaturdayWorld Refugee Day
21 JunSundayInternational Day of Yoga
23 JunTuesdayPublic Service Day
23 JunTuesdayInternational Widows’ Day
25 JunThursdayDay of the Seafarer
26 JunFridayInternational Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26 JunFridayInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture
30 JunTuesdayInternational Asteroid Day
4 JulSaturdayInternational Day of Cooperatives
11 JulSaturdayWorld Population Day
15 JulWednesdayWorld Youth Skills Day
18 JulSaturdayNelson Mandela Day
28 JulTuesdayWorld Hepatitis Day
30 JulThursdayInternational Day of Friendship
30 JulThursdayWorld Day against Trafficking in Persons
9 AugSundayInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 AugWednesdayInternational Youth Day
19 AugWednesdayWorld Humanitarian Day
23 AugSundayInternational Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
29 AugSaturdayInternational Day against Nuclear Tests
30 AugSundayInternational Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
5 SepSaturdayInternational Day of Charity
8 SepTuesdayInternational Literacy Day
10 SepThursdayWorld Suicide Prevention Day
12 SepSaturdayInternational Day for South-South Cooperation
15 SepTuesdayInternational Day of Democracy
16 SepWednesdayInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21 SepMondayInternational Day of Peace
24 SepThursdayWorld Maritime Day
26 SepSaturdayInternational Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 SepSundayWorld Tourism Day
28 SepMondayWorld Rabies Day
1 OctThursdayInternational Day of Older Persons
2 OctFridayInternational Day of Non-Violence
5 OctMondayWorld Teachers’ Day
5 OctMondayWorld Habitat Day
9 OctFridayWorld Post Day
10 OctSaturdayWorld Mental Health Day
11 OctSundayInternational Day of the Girl Child
14 OctWednesdayInternational Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
15 OctThursdayInternational Day of Rural Women
16 OctFridayWorld Food Day
17 OctSaturdayInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 OctTuesdayWorld Statistics Day
24 OctSaturdayUnited Nations Day
24 OctSaturdayWorld Development Information Day
27 OctTuesdayWorld Day for Audiovisual Heritage
31 OctSaturdayWorld Cities Day
2 NovMondayInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
6 NovFridayInternational Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
10 NovTuesdayWorld Science Day for Peace and Development
14 NovSaturdayWorld Diabetes Day
15 NovSundayWorld Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
16 NovMondayInternational Day for Tolerance
19 NovThursdayWorld Philosophy Day
19 NovThursdayWorld Toilet Day
20 NovFridayUniversal Children’s Day
20 NovFridayAfrica Industrialization Day
21 NovSaturdayWorld Television Day
25 NovWednesdayInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
29 NovSundayInternational Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1 DecTuesdayWorld AIDS Day
2 DecWednesdayInternational Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 DecThursdayInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities
5 DecSaturdayInternational Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
5 DecSaturdayWorld Soil Day
7 DecMondayInternational Civil Aviation Day
9 DecWednesdayInternational Anti-Corruption Day
9 DecWednesdayWorld Genocide Commemoration Day
10 DecThursdayHuman Rights Day
11 DecFridayInternational Mountain Day
18 DecFridayInternational Migrants Day
18 DecFridayArabic Language Day
20 DecSundayInternational Human Solidarity Day

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