Year
Description
1959/60
World Refugee Year
1961
International Health and Medical Research Year
1965
International Cooperation Year
1967
International Tourist Year
1968
International Year for Human Rights
1970
International Education Year
1971
International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice
1974
World Population Year
1975
International Women’s Year
1978-79
International Anti-Apartheid Year
1979
International Year of the Child
1981
International Year for Disabled Persons
1982
International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa
1983
World Communications Year; Development of Communication Infrastructures
1985
International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace
Year of the United Nations
1986
International Year of Peace
1987
International Year of Shelter for The Homeless
1990
International Literacy Year
1992
International Space Year
1993
International Year for the World’s Indigenous People
1994
International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
1994
International Year of the Family
1995
World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
And
United Nations Year for Tolerance
1996
International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1998
International Year of the Ocean
1999
International Year of Older Persons
2000
International Year for the Culture of Peace
And
International Year of Thanksgiving
2001
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
And
International Year of Volunteers
And
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
2002
International Year of Ecotourism
And
International Year of Mountains
And
United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
2003
International Year of Freshwater
And
Year of Kyrgyz Statehood
2004
International Year of Rice
And
International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
2005
International Year of Physics
And
International Year for Sport and Physical Education
And
International Year of Microcredit
2006
International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2007-2008
International Polar Year (WMO)
2008
International Year of the Potato
And
International Year of Sanitation
And
International Year of Languages
And
International Year of Planet Earth
2009
Year of the Gorilla [UNEP and UNESCO]
And
International Year of Astronomy
And
International Year of Natural Fibres
And
International Year of Reconciliation
2010
International Year of the Seafarer
And
International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
And
International Year of Biodiversity
2011
International Year for People of African Descent
And
International Year of Chemistry
And
International Year of Forests
2012
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
And
International Year of Cooperatives
2013
International Year of Quinoa
And
International Year of Water Cooperation
2014
International Year of Family Farming
And
International Year of Crystallography
And
International Year of Small Island Developing States
And
International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
2015
International Year of Soils
And
International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
2016
International Year of Pulses
2017
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2019
International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
And
International Year of Moderation
And
International Year of Indigenous Languages
2020
International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
And
International Year of Plant Health
2021
International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
And
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
And
International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
And
International Year of Peace and Trust
2022
International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
And
International Year of Glass
And
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
And
International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
2023
International Year of Millets
And
International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace
2024
International Year of Camelids
2025
International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation
2026
International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
