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International Days

2006International Year of Deserts and Desertification

January
26International Customs Day

February
Black History Month
5-11
15
International Development Week - Canada
National Flag of Canada Day
21International Mother Language Day

March
6-12International Women’s Week - Canada
8International Women’s Day
20International Day of La Francophonie
21International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22World Water Day
23World Meteorological Day
24World Tuberculosis Day

April
7World Health Day
22Earth Day
23World Book and Copyright Day

May
3World Press Freedom Day
15International Day of Families
17World Telecommunications Day
21World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22International Day for Biological Diversity
25 National Missing Children’s Day
29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31World No-Tobacco Day

June
4International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
3Canadian Forces Day
5World Environment Day
4-10Canadian Environment Week
7Clean Air Day Canada
17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20World Refugee Day
21National Aboriginal Day
26International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
26International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
27Canadian Multiculturalism Day

July
1Canada Day
2International Day of Cooperatives
11World Population Day

August
9International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12International Youth Day
23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September
8International Literacy Day
16International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
21International Day of Peace

October
Women’s History Month - Canada
1International Day of Older Persons
2World Habitat Day
5International World Teachers’ Day
12International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16World Food Day
17International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24United Nations Day
24World Development Information Day
24-30Disarmament Week
31National UNICEF Day

November
6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
11Remembrance Day - Canada
16International Day of Tolerance
20Universal Children’s Day
25International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
26Buy Nothing Day!!

December
1World AIDS Day
2International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3International Day of Disabled Persons
5International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
6National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
10Human Rights Day
18International Migrants Day


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