{"id":9083,"date":"2026-05-02T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/ressources\/un-world-days\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:51:47","slug":"un-world-days","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/un-world-days\/","title":{"rendered":"UN World Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN has voted a number of symbolic dates as World Days.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are just a few of the 60 or so UN International Days that count for peace, non-violence and a more humane world.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 8 &#8211; International Women&#8217;s Day<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>World Women&#8217;s Day<\/strong> predates the creation of the UN, since it was first celebrated in 1911 in various European countries, to demand :<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the right to vote and hold public office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the right to work and vocational training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ending discrimination in the workplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/march-8-international-womens-day\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7589\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 21 &#8211; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN General Assembly proclaimed the International Day in 1966, following the 1960 massacre of black people during Apartheid in South Africa, to commit the international community to eliminating all forms of racial discrimination.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/march-21-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7591\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August 19 &#8211; World Humanitarian Day<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>World Humanitarian Day<\/strong> was established in December 2008 to raise public awareness:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to humanitarian activities around the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the efforts of humanitarian personnel to promote the humanitarian cause<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the importance of international cooperation in this field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/august-19-world-humanitarian-day\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7593\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 21 &#8211; International Day of Peace<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1981, the General Assembly declared that the opening day of its regular session in September &#8220;shall be officially proclaimed and observed as the <strong>International Day of Peace<\/strong>, and shall be devoted to the celebration and strengthening of the ideals of peace both within and between nations and peoples&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2007, Grains of Peace has been marking World Peace Day with events in Geneva, and since 2009, in collaboration with the NGOs of the Collectif Paix et Non-violence.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/september-21-international-day-of-peace\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7595\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2 &#8211; International Day of Non-Violence<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN created the <strong>International Day of Non-Violence<\/strong> to reaffirm &#8220;the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence&#8221; and &#8220;foster a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence&#8221;. The first International Day of Non-Violence was celebrated at the UN on October 2, 2007. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/october-2-international-day-of-non-violence\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7597\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November 20 &#8211; Universal Children&#8217;s Day<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">November 20 marks the day the Assembly adopted the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/fr\/documents\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/1386(XIV)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Declaration of the Rights of the Child<\/a> in 1959, and the day the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/fr\/professionalinterest\/pages\/crc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/a> was signed in 1989.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/november-20-universal-childrens-day\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7599\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 10 &#8211; Human Rights Day<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/strong>, written in 1948, is the first international recognition that all human beings have fundamental rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/december-10-human-rights-day\/\" type=\"ressource\" id=\"7601\"><strong>Read more&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN has voted a number of symbolic dates as World Days. 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