Observances

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition - 23 August

The United Nations' (UN) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is annually observed on August 23 to remind people of the tragedy of the transatlantic slave trade. It gives people a chance to think about the historic causes, the methods and the consequences of slave trade.

International Youth Day -12 August

On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120 I , the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, ...

International Day of the World's Indigenous People - 9 August

By resolution 49/214 of 23 December 1994, the General Assembly decided to celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on 9 August every year during t...

World Population Day - 11 July

No one knows yet what the full scale of this global economic crisis will look like. We do know that women and children in developing countries will bear the brunt of the ...

International Day of Cooperatives - 4 July

The United Nations recognizes and reaffirms the role of cooperatives in economic, social and cultural development and in the achievement of social policy objectives as sh...