STATIC GK (International year)

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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