Events

Nowruz (Persian: نوروز‎, IPA: [nouˈɾuːz], meaning "[The] New Day") is the name of the Persian New Year.[14][15][16][17] Nowruz marks the first day of spring or Equinox [...]

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed on March 21. On this day, people with Down syndrome and those who live and work with them [...]

World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. The purpose of [...]

World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as "World Day for Water".[1] [...]

World Meteorological Day is a yearly event, celebrated on 23 March. It commemorates the the entry into force in 1950 of the convention that created [...]

On 21 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights [...]

World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to [...]

For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest [...]

As of 21 March 2014, 56 United Nations personnel remained in detention and 4 United Nations and associated personnel abducted by non-State actors remain in [...]

World Autism Awareness Day is observed on 2 April every year since 2008. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution "62/139. World [...]