These are the international years currently observed by the United Nations. The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to promote, through awareness and action, the objectives of the Organization.
UN International Years 2000-2026- 2000-International Year for
the Culture of Peace
- 2002- International Year of Ecotourism
- 2002-International Year of Mountains
- 2003 - International Year of Freshwater
- 2004- International Year of
Rice
- 2005- International
Year of Physics
- 2006- International Year of
Deserts and Desertification
- 2008- International Year of
the Potato
- 2008- International Year of Languages
- 2008- International Year of Planet Earth
- 2009- International Year of Astronomy
- 2009- International Year of
Natural Fibres
- 2010- International Year of Biodiversity
- 2011-International Year of
Forests
- 2011- International Year of Chemistry
- 2012- International Year
of Sustainable Energy for All
- 2013-International Year of Water
Cooperation
- 2014-International Year of Family Farming
- 2014-International Year of Crystallography
- 2015- International Year of Soils
- 2015- International Year of Light and Light-based
Technologies
- 2016-International Year of Pulses
- 2017- International Year of Sustainable
Tourism for Development
- 2019-International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical
Elements
- 2019-International Year of Indigenous Languages
- 2020-International Year
of the Nurse and the Midwife
- 2020- International Year of Plant Health
- 2021-International Year for the Elimination of Child
Labour
- 2021-International Year of Fruits and
Vegetables
- 2021-International Year
of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
- 2022-International Year of Glass
- 2022-International Year
of Sustainable Mountain Development
- 2023-International Year of
Millets
- 2024-International Year of
Camelids
- 2025- International Year of Glaciers' Preservation
- 2025- International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
- 2025- International Year of Cooperatives
- 2025-International Year of Peace and Trust
- 2026-International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
- 2026 -International Year of the Woman Farmer
- 2026-International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development
- 2027International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism
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