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Simple Steps Towards Change 9 IdenTIfy & GeT Informed Did You Know… The United Nations has many internationally recognized days including: February 21 International Mother Language Day March 8 UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 22 World Day of Water April 7 World Health Day April 22 Earth Day May 3 World Press Freedom Day May 17 World Telecommunications Day May 21 World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity May 31 World No Tobacco Day June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5 World Environment Day June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought June 20 World Refugee Day June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture July 11 World Population Day August 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People August 12 International Youth Day August 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition September 8 International Literacy Day September 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer September 21 International Day of Peace October 10 World Mental Health Day October 16 World Food Day October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty November 16 International Day for Tolerance November 20 Universal Children's Day November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women December 1 World AIDS Day December 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery December 3 International Day of Disabled Persons December 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development December 10 Human Rights Day December 18 International Migrants Day For more information, please visit: http://www.takingitglobal.org/understand/intdays/ International Days of Recognition