NOTE: International Days closely related to GDRC's programmes and projects are explained further with additional information links. Within the context of the UNDESD, what education and awareness raising strategies can we envisage for each of the international days listed below? Who are the targets? What is the aim/ impact? And what is its link to sustainable development?? What message can be used? How can it be delivered? Comments and suggestions can be sent to - doyourbit@gdrc.org. February 21 International Mother Language Day March 8 International Women's Day and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21 World Poetry Day 22 World Water Day 23 World Meteorological Day April 7 World Health Day 23 World Book and Copyright Day May 3 World Press Freedom Day 15 International Day of Families 17 World Telecommunication Day 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 22 International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001) 25 Africa day 25-June 1 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories 29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 31 World No-Tobacco Day June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 5 World Environment Day 8 World Oceans Day 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 20 World Refugee Day 23 United Nations Public Service Day 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and International Day in Support of Victims of Torture July 3 (First Saturday) International Day of Cooperatives 11 World Population Day August 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People 12 International Youth Day 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition September 8 International Literacy Day 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 21 International Day of Peace Last Week World Maritime Day October 1 International Day for Older Persons 4 - 10 World Space Week 4 World Habitat Day 5 International World Teacher's Day 13 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction 9 World Post Day 10 World Mental Health Day 16 World Food Day 17 International Day for the Eradication of Proverty 24 United Nations Day 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 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO 16 International Day of Tolerance 20 Universal Children's Day and Africa Industrialization Day 21 World Television Day 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People December 1 World AIDS Day 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 3 International Day of Disabled Persons 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development 7 International Civil Aviation Day 10 Human Rights Day 18 International Migrants Day

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