Years
Years
The United Nations designates specific years 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 United Nations General Assembly establishes them with a resolution.
International Year of Camelids (A/RES/72/210)
International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (A/RES/72/72)
International Year of Peace and Trust (A/RES/73/338)
International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development (A/RES/74/198)
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (A/RES/74/244)
International Year of Plant Health (A/RES/73/252)
International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife [WHO]
International Year of Indigenous Languages (A/RES/71/178)
International Year of Moderation (A/RES/72/129)
International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (A/RES/72/228)
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (A/RES/70/193)
International Year of Pulses (A/RES/68/231)
International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (A/RES/68/221)
International Year of Soils (A/RES/68/232)
International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (A/RES/68/12)
International Year of Small Island Developing States (A/RES/67/206)
International Year of Crystallography (A/RES/66/284)
International Year of Family Farming (A/RES/66/222)
International Year of Water Cooperation (A/RES/65/154)
International Year of Quinoa (A/RES/66/221)
International Year of Cooperatives (A/RES/64/136)
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All (A/RES/65/151)
International Year for People of African Descent (A/RES/64/169)
International Year of Chemistry (A/RES/63/209)
International Year of Forests (A/RES/61/193)
International Year of Youth (A/RES/64/134)
International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 — 11 August 2011) (A/RES/64/134)
International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures (A/RES/62/90)
International Year of Biodiversity (A/RES/61/203)
International Year of the Seafarer
International Year of Reconciliation (A/RES/61/17)
International Year of Natural Fibres (A/RES/61/189)
International Year of Human Rights Learning (A/RES/62/171)
International Year of Astronomy (A/RES/62/200)
Year of the Gorilla [UNEP and UNESCO]
International Year of Planet Earth (A/RES/60/192)
International Year of Languages (A/RES/61/266)
International Year of Sanitation (A/RES/61/192)
International Year of the Potato (A/RES/60/191)
International Polar Year (WMO)
International Year of Deserts and Desertification (A/RES/58/211)
International Year of Microcredit (A/RES/53/197)
International Year for Sport and Physical Education (A/RES/58/5)
International Year of Physics (A/RES/58/293)
International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (A/RES/57/195)
International Year of Rice (A/RES/57/162)
Year of Kyrgyz Statehood (A/RES/57/248)
International Year of Freshwater (A/RES/55/196)
United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage (A/RES/56/8)
International Year of Mountains (A/RES/53/24)
International Year of Ecotourism (A/RES/53/200)
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (A/RES/53/22)
International Year of Volunteers (A/RES/52/17)
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (A/RES/53/132)
International Year of Thanksgiving (A/RES/52/16)
International Year for the Culture of Peace (A/RES/52/15)
International Year of Older Persons (A/RES/47/5 A/RES/50/141)
International Year of the Ocean (A/RES/49/131)
International Year for the Eradication of Poverty (A/RES/48/183)
United Nations Year for Tolerance (A/RES/48/126)
World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War (A/RES/49/25)
International Year of the Family (A/RES/44/82)
International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal (A/RES/48/10)
International Year for the World's Indigenous People (A/RES/45/164 A/RES/47/75)
International Space Year (A/RES/44/46)
International Literacy Year (A/RES/42/104)
International Year of Shelter for The Homeless (A/RES/36/71 A/RES/37/221)
International Year of Peace (A/RES/37/16 A/RES/40/3)
Year of the United Nations (A/RES/39/161 A)
International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace (A/RES/34/151)
World Communications Year; Development of Communication Infrastructures (A/RES/36/40)
International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa (A/RES/36/172 B)
International Year for Disabled Persons (A/RES/31/123)
International Year of The Child (A/RES/31/169)
International Anti-Apartheid Year (A/RES/32/105 B)
International Women's Year (A/RES/3010 (XXVII))
World Population Year (A/RES/2683 (XXV))
International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice (A/RES/2544 (XXIV))
International Education Year (A/RES/2306 (XXII) A/RES/2412 (XXIII))
International Year for Human Rights (A/RES/2081 (XX))
International Tourist Year (A/RES/2148 (XXI))
International Co-operation Year (A/RES/1907 (XVIII))
International Health and Medical Research Year (A/RES/1283 (XIII))
World Refugee Year (A/RES/1285 (XIII))
These are the international years currently observed by the United Nations.