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Calendar: International Year

Since 1959 the UN has designated International years in order to draw attention to major issues and to encourage international action to address concerns which have global importance and ramifications. There is a concerted effort not to designate every year - for fiscal reasons and to avoid any process of trivialization. The following is the chronological list of years designated to date:

1959/60	World Refugee Year
1965	International Cooperation Year
1967	International Tourism Year
1968	International Year for Human Rights
1970	International Education Year
1971	International Year for Action to Combat Racism & Racial Discrimination
1974	World Population Year
1975	International Women’s Year
1978	International Anti-Apartheid Year
1979	International Year of the Child
1981	International Year of Disabled Persons
1982	International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions Against South Africa
1983	World Communications Year
1985	International Youth Year
1986	International Year of Peace
1987	International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1990	International Literacy Year
1992	International Space Year (endorsed, not declared)
1993	International Year for World’s Indigenous People
1994	International Year of the Family and International Year of Sport & Olympic Ideal
1995	United Nations Year for Tolerance
1996	International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1997	No designation
1998	International Year of the Ocean
1999	International Year of Older Persons *and* Centennial of the First International Peace Conference
2000	International Year for the Culture of Peace *and* International Year of Thanksgiving
2001	International Year of Volunteers *and* United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations *and* International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2002	International Year of Mountains *and* International Year of Ecotourism
2005	International Year of Micro credit

Prepared by the Special Programmes Section, Public Liaison Service, PAD/DPI
Source: http://www.un.org/events/calendar/
As of 1 June 2000

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