Hi Neal, Just want to alert you to the global calendar that many of us global citizens use, established by the UN. Also to let you know that the international community is holding events worldwide for the International Year of Cooperatives 2012. Most countries in the world will hold several events to establish the importance of cooperatives in 2012. Great idea to have a calendar that really means something to many of us. All Best Wishes for the New Year great job you are doing! Nancy The International Year of Cooperatives is intended to raise public awareness of the invaluable contributions of cooperative enterprises to poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. The Year will also highlight the strengths of the cooperative business model as an alternative means of doing business and furthering socioeconomic development. For more information on the aims and objectives of the Year, please visit our "About IYC". <http://social.un.org/coopsyear/about-iyc.html> THE UN CALENDAR: UN Days, Weeks and Years > International Days and Weeks Since the early days of the United Nations system, the UN has established a set of Days and Weeks (as listed below), Years <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/international_years.asp> and Decades <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/international_decades.asp> to help focus the world on the issues in which the UN has an interest and commitment. The UN calls on Member States and other organizations to mark these days in ways which reflect their priorities. Sometimes the promotion of a specific day is led by a specific UN agency or programme, for example the World Health Organization (WHO) leads World Health Day and World No-Tobacco Day, UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) leads World Water Day and International Literacy Day, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) leads World Environment Day etc. Some UN agencies also have their own international days (e.g. WHO's World TB Day and UNESCO's World Philosophy Day), established and promoted by the agency but not designated by the UN General Assembly for the full UN system. While equivalent in purpose, the following list does not include agency-specified days. January 27 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust <http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance/> February 20 World Day of Social Justice <http://un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlJustice/> (as of 2009) 21 International Mother Language Day <http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/language/index.html> March 8 International Women's Day <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/women1.asp> and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/racial/> 21-28 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination 22 World Water Day <http://www.unesco.org/water/water_celebrations/> 23 World Meteorological Day <http://www.wmo.int/wmd/> April 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 7 World Health Day <http://www.who.int/world-health-day/> 23 World Book and Copyright Day <http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/book/index.html> May 3 World Press Freedom Day <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/press.asp> 15 International Day of Families <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/family/> 17 World Information Society Day <http://www.un.org/events/infoday/2006/> (formerly World Telecommunication Day) 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/cultural_diversity/> 22 International Day for Biological Diversity <http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/outreach/awareness/biodiv-day-2005.asp> (formerly December 29, changed in 2001) 25-June 1 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories 29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers <http://www.un.org/events/peacekeepers/> 31 World No-Tobacco Day <http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2005/en/> June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5 World Environment Day <http://www.unep.org/wed> 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought <http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/menu.php> 20 World Refugee Day <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/refugee/index.html> 23 United Nations Public Service Day <http://www.unpan.org/dpepa_psaward.asp> 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/drug/index.html> and International Day in Support of Victims of Torture July First Saturday International Day of Cooperatives <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlCoops/> 11 World Population Day <http://www.unfpa.org/wpd/> August 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People <http://www.un.org/events/indigenous/> 12 International Youth Day <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyouthday.htm> 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition September 8 International Literacy Day <http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/literacy/index.html> 15 International Day of Democracy 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer <http://www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/main.html> 21 International Day of Peace <http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2005/> (formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date as of 2002) During last Week World Maritime Day <http://www.imo.org/About/mainframe.asp?topic_id=320> October 1 International Day for Older Persons <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/olderpersons/index.html> 4 - 10 World Space Week <http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/wsw/> 5 World Teacher's Day First Monday World Habitat Day <http://www.unchs.org/whd/2005/default.asp> Second Wednesday International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 9 World Post Day <http://www.upu.int/world_post_day/en/index.shtml> 10 World Mental Health Day <http://www.wfmh.org/wmhday/about.html> 16 World Food Day <http://www.fao.org/wfd/index_en.asp> 17 International Day for the Eradication of Proverty 24 United Nations Day <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/un_day1.asp> and World Development Information Day 24-30 Disarmament Week November 6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/environment_war/index.html> 14 World Diabetes Day <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/world_diabetes_day/en/> 16 International Day of Tolerance <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/tolerance/index.html> Third Sunday World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 20 Universal Children's Day <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/children1.asp> , and Africa Industrialization Day 21 World Television Day 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women <http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/november25/> 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/index.html> December 1 World AIDS Day <http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/aids1.asp> 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/slavery/index.html> 3 International Day of Disabled Persons <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/> 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development <http://www.unv.org/infobase/facts/04_08_17DEU_fs_IVD.htm> 7 International Civil Aviation Day <http://www.icao.int/icao/en/aviation_day.htm> 9 International Anti-Corruption Day <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/anti_corruption/index.html> 10 Human Rights Day <http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/> 11 International Mountain Day <http://www.mountainpartnership.org/imd/imd.html> 18 International Migrants Day <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/migrants/> 19 United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation <http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/events/south/index.html> 20 International Human Solidarity Day For further information, we suggest you visit the UN's Conferences and Events <http://www.un.org/events/index.html> site. Specifically you should check out "Conferences and Observances" in the "Background Information" section. (As the UN changes the URL of this page at least once a year we choose not to give you a direct link that may soon become dated.)
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