Showing posts with label international. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international. Show all posts

Saturday, November 15, 2008

United Nations Observances

Some of the International Days celebrated in Brunei Darussalam:

8 March - International Women's Day

21 March - World Forestry Day*

22 March - World Water Day

23 March - World Meteorological Day

2 April - World Autism Awareness Day

7 April - World Health Day

(22 April - Earth's Day* )

(3 May - World Press Freedom Day** )

17 May - World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

31 May - World No-Tobacco Day

(5 June - World Environment Day*)

17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought**

26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

11 July - World Population Day

12 August - International Youth Day**

16 September - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer**

21 September - International Day of Peace**

1 October - International Day of Older Persons

First Monday in October - World Habitat Day

9 October - World Post Day

16 October - World Food Day

17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

24 October - United Nations Day

14 November - World Diabetes Day

16 November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

9 December - International Anti-Corruption Day

10 December - Human Rights Day



* denotes not an UN event

** Brunei doesn't celebrate that event

Reference: http://www.un.org/observances/days.shtml

International Health Events

The International Health Events observed by Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam:

March 24

World Tuberculosis Day

April 7

World Health Day

May 3

World Asthma Day

May 10

World Move for Health Day

May 31

World No Tobacco Day

June 5

World Environmental Day

June 14

World Blood Donor Day

August 1-6

World Breastfeeding Week

September 21

Alzheimer's Day

September 24

World Heart Day

September 29

World School Milk Day

October 10

Mental Health Day

October 14

World Sight Day

October 16

World Food Day

October 20

World Osteoporosis Day

October 1-30

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

November 14

World Diabetes Day

December 1

World AIDS Day


extracted from http://www.moh.gov.bn/calender/index.htm