UN International Year

UN International Year is an officially established UN international memorial year. It is established by resolutions of the UN General Assembly . Each international year has its own theme of the year.

The first international year was declared by the General Assembly in 1959. In its resolution 1285 (XIII), the General Assembly “considered a proposal to establish the World Year of Refugees starting in June 1959”.

The number of the resolution and the session number of the UN General Assembly are indicated in parentheses.

1959 - World Refugee Year (UN Resolution 1285 (XIII) ^[1] )
1961 - International Year of Health and Medical Research (UN Resolution 1283 (XIII))
1965 - Year of International Cooperation (UN Resolution 1907 (XVIII))
1967 - Year of International Tourism (UN Resolution 2148 (XXI))
1968 - International Year of Human Rights (UN Resolution 2081 (XX))
1970 - International Year of Education
1971 - International Year Against Racism and Racial Discrimination (UN Resolution 2544 (XXIV))
1974 - World Population Year (UN Resolution 2683 (XXV))
1975 - International Year of Women (UN resolution 3010 (XXVII) ^[2] )
1978 - International Year Against Apartheid
1979 - International Year of the Children (UN resolution 31/169 ^[3] )
1981 - International Year of Disabled Persons (UN resolution 31/123)
1982 - International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa
1983 - World Communication Year: Development of Communication Infrastructures (UN Resolution 36/40)
1985 - United Nations Year
1985 - International Year of Youth: Participation, Development, Peace (UN resolution 34/151)
1986 - International Year of Peace (UN resolution 37/16 ^[4] )
1987 - International Year of Housing for the Homeless
1990 - International Year of Literacy (UN resolution 42/104)
1992 - International Year of Space (UN resolution 44/46)
1993 - International Year of the World's Indigenous People
1994 - International Year of the Family (UN resolution 44/82 ^[5] )
1994 - International Year of Sports and Olympic Ideals
1995 - United Nations Year for Tolerance (UN resolution 48/126)
1995 - World Year of Remembrance of the Peoples of the Victims of World War II (UN resolution 49/25)
1996 - International Year for the Eradication of Poverty (UN resolution 48/183)
1998 - International Year of the Ocean (UN resolution 49/131)
1999 - International Year of Older Persons
2000 - International Year for a Culture of Peace (UN resolution 53/15)
2000 - International Year of Thanksgiving (UN resolution 52/16)
2001 - The Year of Dialogue among Civilizations under the auspices of the United Nations (UN resolution 53/22)
2001 - International Year of Volunteers (UN resolution 52/17)
2001 - International Year of Mobilization to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (UN resolution 53/132)
2002 - International Year of Ecotourism (UN resolution 53/200)
2002 - International Year of the Mountains (UN resolution 53/24)
2002 - Year of Cultural Heritage of the United Nations (UN resolution 56/8)
2003 - International Year of Freshwater (UN resolution 55/196 ^[6] )
2003 - The Year of Kyrgyz Statehood (UN Resolution 57/248)
2004 - International Year of Rice (UN resolution 57/162 ^[7] )
2004 - International Year dedicated to the fight against slavery and its abolition (UN resolution 57/195 ^[8] )
2005 - International Year of Physics (UN resolution 58/293 ^[9] )
2005 - International Year of Sport and Physical Education (UN resolution 58/5)
2005 - International Year of Microcredit (UN resolution 53/197)
2006 - International Year of Deserts and Desertification (UN resolution 58/211)
2007 - International Year of the Dolphin
2007 - International Polar Year (2007-2008)
2008 - International Year of Planet Earth ^[10] (UN resolution 60/192 ^[11] )
2008 - International Year of the Potato ^[12] (resolution 60/191 ^[13] )
2008 - International Year of Sanitation ^[14] (UN resolution 61/192 ^[15] ).
2008 - International Year of Languages (UN resolution 61/266) ^[16]
2009 - International Year of Astronomy (UN resolution 62/200) ^[17] )
2009 - International Year of Human Rights Education (beginning - December 10, 2008) (62/171)
2009 - International Year of Reconciliation (UN resolution 61/17)
2009 - International Year of Natural Fibers (UN resolution 61/189)
2010 - International Year of Biodiversity (UN resolution 61/203)
2010 - International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (August 12, 2010 - August 11, 2011) (UN resolution 64/134)
2010 - International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures (UN resolution 62/90)
2011 - International Year of Forests (UN resolution 61/193) ^[18]
2011 - International Year of People of African Descent (UN Resolution 64/169) ^[19]
2011 - International Year of Chemistry (UN resolution 63/209) ^[20]
2012 - International Year of Sustainable Energy for All (UN Resolution 65/151) ^[21]
2012 - International Year of Cooperatives (UN resolution 64/136) ^[22]
2013 - International Year of Quinoa (UN Resolution 66/261) ^[23]
2013 - International Year of Water Cooperation (UN Resolution 65/154) ^[24]
2014 - International Year of Small Island Developing States (UN resolution 67/206) ^[25]
2014 - International Year of Crystallography (UN Resolution 66/284) ^[26]
2014 - International Year of Family Farming (UN resolution 66/222) ^[27]
2014 - International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (UN resolution 68/12) ^[28]
2015 - International Year of Light and Lighting Technology (UNGA Resolution A / RES / 68/221) ^[29]
2015 - International Year of Soils (UNGA resolution A / RES / 68/232) ^[30]
2016 - International Year of Pulses (UNGA Resolution A / RES / 68/231) ^[31]
2017 - International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (UNGA resolution A / RES / 70/193) ^[32]
2019 - International Year of the Languages of Indigenous Peoples (UNGA resolution A / RES / 71/178) ^[33]
2019 - International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (UNGA resolution A / RES / 72/228) ^[34]
2019 - International Year of Moderation (UNGA resolution A / RES / 72/129) ^[35]
2020 - International Year of Plant Health (UNGA Resolution A / RES / 73/252) ^[36]
2022 - International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (UNGA Resolution A / RES / 72/72) ^[37]
2024 - International Year of the Camelids (UNGA resolution A / RES / 72/210) ^[38]

Notes

↑ Resolution 1285 (XIII) (neopr.) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 3010 (XXVII) (Neopr.) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived on August 21, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 31/169 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 37/16 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 44/82 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 55/196 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 57/162 ( Neopr .) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN resolution 57/195 (neopr.) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 58/293 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ International Year of the Planet Earth web page on the UN official website
↑ 60/192. International Year of Planet Earth, 2008 (inaccessible link)
↑ International Year of the Potato (Neopr.) (Link not available) . Date of treatment March 30, 2014. Archived July 22, 2012.
↑ UN Resolution 60/191 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ International Year of Sanitation webpage on the UN official website
↑ UN Resolution 61/192 (unavailable link)
↑ International Year of Languages on the UN official website
↑ UN Resolution 62/200 ( Neopr .) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
↑ UN Resolution 61/193 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 64/169 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 63/209 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 65/151 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 64/136 (neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 66/261 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 65/154 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 67/206 (neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 66/284 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 66/222 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN Resolution 68/12 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 68/221 (Neopr.) . Date of appeal September 26, 2014.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 68/232 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 30, 2014. Archived December 13, 2014.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 68/231 (Neopr.) . Date of treatment March 30, 2014.
↑ Resolution of the UN General Assembly A / RES / 70/193 (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 18, 2018.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 71/178 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/228 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/129 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
↑ Resolution of the UN General Assembly A / RES / 73/252 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/72 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
↑ UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/210 (Neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

Links

Official page "International Years" on the UN website

[1] Resolution 1285 (XIII) (neopr.) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[2] UN Resolution 3010 (XXVII) (Neopr.) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived on August 21, 2011.

[3] UN Resolution 31/169 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[4] UN Resolution 37/16 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[5] UN Resolution 44/82 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[6] UN Resolution 55/196 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[7] UN Resolution 57/162 ( Neopr .) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[8] UN resolution 57/195 (neopr.) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[9] UN Resolution 58/293 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 2, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[10] International Year of the Planet Earth web page on the UN official website

[11] 60/192. International Year of Planet Earth, 2008 (inaccessible link)

[12] International Year of the Potato (Neopr.) (Link not available) . Date of treatment March 30, 2014. Archived July 22, 2012.

[13] UN Resolution 60/191 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[14] International Year of Sanitation webpage on the UN official website

[15] UN Resolution 61/192 (unavailable link)

[16] International Year of Languages on the UN official website

[17] UN Resolution 62/200 ( Neopr .) . Date of treatment March 8, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.

[18] UN Resolution 61/193 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[19] UN Resolution 64/169 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[20] UN Resolution 63/209 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[21] UN Resolution 65/151 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[22] UN Resolution 64/136 (neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[23] UN Resolution 66/261 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[24] UN Resolution 65/154 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[25] UN Resolution 67/206 (neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[26] UN Resolution 66/284 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[27] UN Resolution 66/222 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[28] UN Resolution 68/12 ( Neopr .) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.

[29] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 68/221 (Neopr.) . Date of appeal September 26, 2014.

[30] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 68/232 (Neopr.) (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 30, 2014. Archived December 13, 2014.

[31] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 68/231 (Neopr.) . Date of treatment March 30, 2014.

[32] Resolution of the UN General Assembly A / RES / 70/193 (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 18, 2018.

[33] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 71/178 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

[34] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/228 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

[35] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/129 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

[36] Resolution of the UN General Assembly A / RES / 73/252 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

[37] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/72 (neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

[38] UN General Assembly Resolution A / RES / 72/210 (Neopr.) . Date of treatment February 2, 2019.

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