Theme of the Year 2026: Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on 21 March each year. The date commemorates the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa when police killed 69 peaceful demonstrators…

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims on 21 December 2010. The…

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 60/7 designated 27 January as the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in 2005. The date marks the anniversary of the…

World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation has been observed every March 4 since 2009. It was created to raise awareness of a global issue that disproportionately affects women and children.