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. Usually, it is one or more Member States that propose these observances and the General Assembly establishes them with a resolution. On occasion, these celebrations are declared by the specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO, etc., when they concern issues that fall within the scope of their competencies. Some of them may be later adopted by the General Assembly.
1 March
Zero Discrimination Day
3 March
World Wildlife Day
8 March
International Women's Day
20 March
International Day of Happiness
21 March
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Poetry Day
World Down Syndrome Day
International Day of Forests
22 March
World Water Day
23 March
World Meteorological Day
24 March
World Tuberculosis Day
25 March
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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