UN YEARS

Year Importance
1961 International Health and Medical Research Year
1965 International Cooperation Year
1967 International Tourism Year
1968 International Human Rights Year
1970 International Education Year
1971 International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1972 International Book Year
1974 World Population Year
1975 International Women's Year
1975 International Year of Volunteers
1979 International Year of Children
1981 International Year of the Disabled
1981 International Year of Ecotourism
1983 World Communications Year
1985 International Youth Year
1985 Year of the United Nations
1986 International Year of Peace against Slavery and Abortion
1987 International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1990 International Literacy Year
1992 International Space Year
1993 International Year for Indigenous Populations
1994 International Year of the Family
1995 International Year of Tolerance
1996 International year of the Eradication of the Poverty.
1998 International Year of the Ocean
1999 International Year of the Old Persons
2000 International Year of the Culture of Peace
International Year of Thanksgiving
2001 International Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
International Year of Volunteers
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance
2002 International Year of Mountains
International Year of Ecotourism
United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
2003 International Year of Freshwater
2004 International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition

International Year of Rice

2005 International Year of Microcredit
International Year of Sports and Physical Education
2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2007 International Year of Scout
2008 International Year of Potato
International Year of Planet Earth
International Year of Languages
International Year of Sanitation
2009 International Year of Astronomy
International Year of Natural Fibers
International Year of Reconciliation
International Year of Shark
2010 International Year of Biodiversity
International Year of Youth
2011 International Year of People of African Descent
International Year of Forests
International Year of Chemistry
2012 International Year of Cooperatives
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2013 International Year of Water Cooperation
International Year of Quinoa
2014 International Year of Crystallography
International Year of Family Farming
International Year of small Island Developing States
International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
2015 International Year of Soils
International year of Light and Light based technologies
2016 International Year of Pulses
International Year of Camelids