Special Observances and Events

International Year of Sport and Physical Education 2005

International Decade for Action: Water for Life (2005-2015)

United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012)

International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)

Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010)

Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010)

United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)