January 1, 2000

One Day in Peace ...

January 30 through April 4

A Season For Nonviolence

January

Third Monday  --  Martin Luther King's birthday observed

February

20  --  Nonviolent Resistance Day

March

1  --  Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific Day 
8  --  International Women's Day
14  --  Albert Einstein Day
20  --  The Real Earth Day (Spring Equinox)

21  --  International Day To End Racial Discrimination
Third Week  --  Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
22  --  World Day for Water
23  --  World Meteorological Day

April

7  --  World Health Day
22  --  Earth Day
26  --  250 Day CountUP to One Day In Peace
30  --  Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Ha Shoah)

May

1  --  May Day
1  --  International Law Day
3  --  World Press Freedom Day
8  --  World Red Cross Day
15  --  International Conscientious Objectors' Day
15  --  International Day of Families
17  --  World Telecommunication Day
21  --  UNESCO World Day for Cultural Development
24  --  International Women's Day for Disarmament
Last Monday  --  Prayer For Peace Memorial Day
31  --  World No-Tobacco Day

June

1  --  International Children's Day 
4  --  International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5  --  World Environment Day
15  --  200 Day CountUP to One Day In Peace
17  --  World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
26  --  United Nations Charter Day
26  --  International Day Against Drug Abuse

July

1  --  World Nuclear Free Zones Day
First Saturday  --  International Day of Cooperatives
11  --  World Population Day

August

6  --  Hiroshima Day 
9  --  Nagasaki Day 9  --  International Day for the World's Indigenous People

September

8  --  International Literacy Day
16  --  International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Third Tuesday  --  International Day of Peace/ Hear The Children
Last Week  --  World Maritime Day
23  --  100 Day CountUP to One Day In Peace

October

1  --  International Day for the Elderly
2  --  Mahatma Gandhi Day
3  --  International Teachers' Day
First Monday  --  World Habitat Day
Second Wednesday  --  International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
7  --  World Citizen Day
9  --  World Post Day
12  --  World Hunger Day
16  --  World Food Day
17  --  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Last Week  --  Disarmament Week
Fourth Saturday  --  Make A Difference Day
24  --  United Nations Day
24  --  World Development Information Day
30  --  Refugee Day
31  --  UNICEF Day

November

9  --  International Day Against Facism and Anti-Semitism
Second Week  --  International Week of Science and Peace
17  --  International Students' Day
20  --  African Industrialization Day
20  --  Universal Children's Day
24-25  --  International Days of Protest Against Violence in Children's Lives

December

1  --  World AIDS Day
1  --  Prisoners for Peace Day
3  --  International Day of Disabled Persons
5  --  International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
10  --  International Human Rights Day
29  --  International Day for Biological Diversity