World Days

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written in 1948, is the first international recognition that all human beings have fundamental […]

November 20 marks the day the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959, and the […]

The UN created the International Day of Non-Violence to reaffirm “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and “foster […]

In 1981, the General Assembly declared that the opening day of its regular session in September “shall be officially proclaimed […]

World Humanitarian Day was established in December 2008 to raise public awareness: For the first World Humanitarian Day (2009), the […]

The UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day in 1966, following the 1960 massacre of black people during Apartheid in […]

World Women’s Day predates the creation of the UN, since it was first celebrated in 1911 in various European countries, […]

Sometimes, local or regional “Day” initiatives are adopted by other countries, and end up being celebrated more widely. Here are […]

The UN has voted a number of symbolic dates as World Days. Here are just a few of the 60 […]

Here you will find the various world days for peace, non-violence and human rights, grouped into 2 categories: UN World […]