International days

Date Day International Day CW

January 2001

04.01.2001 Th World Braille Day 01
24.01.2001 We International Day of Education 04
27.01.2001 Sa International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 04

February 2001

02.02.2001 Fr World Wetlands Day 05
06.02.2001 Tu International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 06
11.02.2001 Su International Day of Women and Girls in Science 06
21.02.2001 We International Mother Language Day 08

March 2001

02.03.2001 Fr World Day of Prayer 09
03.03.2001 Sa World Wildlife Day 09
08.03.2001 Th International Women's Day 10
20.03.2001 Tu International Day of Happiness 12
21.03.2001 We International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 12
21.03.2001 We World Poetry Day 12
21.03.2001 We World Down Syndrome Day 12
22.03.2001 Th World Water Day 12
23.03.2001 Fr World Meteorological Day 12
24.03.2001 Sa World Tuberculosis Day 12
25.03.2001 Su International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 12
26.03.2001 Mo Purple Day for Epilepsy 13

April 2001

02.04.2001 Mo World Autism Awareness Day 14
04.04.2001 We International Day for Mine Awareness and Support for Mine Action Programmes 14
07.04.2001 Sa World Health Day 14
08.04.2001 Su International Romani Day 14
22.04.2001 Su Earth Day 16
23.04.2001 Mo World Book and Copyright Day 17
26.04.2001 Th World Intellectual Property Day 17

May 2001

03.05.2001 Th World Press Freedom Day 18
05.05.2001 Sa Europe Day of the Council of Europe (CoE) 18
08.05.2001 Tu Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 19
08.05.2001 Tu World Red Cross Day 19
09.05.2001 We Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 19
09.05.2001 We Europe Day of the European Union (EU) 19
12.05.2001 Sa International Nurses Day 19
15.05.2001 Tu International Day of Families 20
17.05.2001 Th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 20
21.05.2001 Mo World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 21
22.05.2001 Tu International Day for Biological Diversity 21
25.05.2001 Fr Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence, and Human Rights (25.05. - 31.05.) 21
29.05.2001 Tu Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 22
31.05.2001 Th World No-Tobacco Day 22

June 2001

04.06.2001 Mo International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 23
05.06.2001 Tu World Environment Day 23
14.06.2001 Th World Blood Donor Day 24
17.06.2001 Su World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 24
20.06.2001 We World Refugee Day 25
21.06.2001 Th International Day of Yoga 25
23.06.2001 Sa United Nations Public Service Day 25
26.06.2001 Tu United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26
26.06.2001 Tu United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26

July 2001

07.07.2001 Sa International Day of Cooperatives 27
11.07.2001 We World Population Day 28
30.07.2001 Mo International Day of Friendship 31

August 2001

09.08.2001 Th International Day of the World's Indigenous People 32
12.08.2001 Su International Youth Day 32
23.08.2001 Th International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 34

September 2001

08.09.2001 Sa International Literacy Day 36
15.09.2001 Sa International Day of Democracy 37
16.09.2001 Su International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 37
20.09.2001 Th Universal Children’s Day (AT, DE) 38
21.09.2001 Fr International Day of Peace 38
21.09.2001 Fr World Alzheimer's Day 38
23.09.2001 Su International Day of Sign Languages 38
27.09.2001 Th World Tourism Day 39
27.09.2001 Th World Maritime Day 39
29.09.2001 Sa Day of deaf people 39

October 2001

01.10.2001 Mo International Day of Older Persons 40
01.10.2001 Mo World Habitat Day 40
02.10.2001 Tu International Day of Non-Violence 40
04.10.2001 Th World Space Week (04.10.-10.10.) 40
05.10.2001 Fr World Teachers’ Day 40
09.10.2001 Tu World Post Day 41
10.10.2001 We World Mental Health Day 41
15.10.2001 Mo International Day of Rural Women 42
16.10.2001 Tu World Food Day 42
17.10.2001 We International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 42
24.10.2001 We United Nations Day 43
24.10.2001 We World Development Information Day 43
24.10.2001 We Disarmament Week (24.10. - 30.10.) 43
27.10.2001 Sa World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 43

November 2001

06.11.2001 Tu International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict 45
14.11.2001 We World Diabetes Day 46
16.11.2001 Fr World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 46
17.11.2001 Sa World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 46
19.11.2001 Mo International Men's Day 47
20.11.2001 Tu Universal Children's Day 47
21.11.2001 We World Television Day 47
25.11.2001 Su International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 47
29.11.2001 Th International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 48

December 2001

01.12.2001 Sa World AIDS Day 48
02.12.2001 Su International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 48
03.12.2001 Mo International Day of Persons with Disabilities 49
05.12.2001 We International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 49
07.12.2001 Fr International Civil Aviation Day 49
09.12.2001 Su International Anti-Corruption Day 49
10.12.2001 Mo Human Rights Day 50
11.12.2001 Tu International Mountain Day 50
18.12.2001 Tu International Migrants Day 51
20.12.2001 Th International Human Solidarity Day 51

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