As well as the annual celebration of certain UN-designated days and weeks, we find ourselves in the midst of celebrating several on-going internationally-declared decades (proclaimed by the UN General Assembly). Often, an international decade is launched by either an international year or on an international day.
| 1993-2002 | Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa |
| 1993-2002 | Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons |
| 1993-2003 | Third International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination |
| 1994-2003 | International Decade for the World's Indigenous People (following 1993 International Year for World's Indigenous People) |
| 1995-2004 | United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education |
| 1997-2006 | United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (following 1996 International Year for the Eradication of Poverty) |
| 2001-2010 | International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (following 2000 International Year for the Culture of Peace) |
| 2001-2010 | Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism |
| 2001-2010 | Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa |
| 2003-2012 | United Nations Literacy Decade: Literacy for All (from 8 September 2003 - International Literacy Day) |
| 2005-2014 | Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 2005-2014 | United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development |
| 2005-2015 | International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” (from 22 March 2005 - World Water Day) |
| 2006-2015 | Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions (relating to the Chernobyl disaster) |
| 2008-2017 | Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 2010-2019 | United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification |
| 2011-2020 | United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety |
For further information, we suggest you visit the UN's Conferences and Events site. Specifically you should check out "Conferences and Observances" in the "Background Information" section. (As the UN changes the URL of this page at least once a year we choose not to give you a direct link that may soon become dated.)
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