United Nations International Years

Importance		Year
» World Refugees year	-	1959-60
» Health and Medical Research year	-	1961
» Co-operation Year	-	1965
» Tourism year	-	1967
» Human Rights Year	-	1968
» Education Year	-	1970
» Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice	-	1971
» Population Year	-	1974
» Women’s Year	-	1975
» Anti-Apartheid year	-	1978/79
» Childrens Year	-	1979
» Disabled Persons year	-	1981
» Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa	-	1982
» Communication Year	-	1983
» Youth Year	-	1985
» Peace Year	-	1986
» Year of Shelter for the Homeless	-	1987
» Literacy Year	-	1990
» Space Year	-	1992
» World’s Indigenous People year	-	1993
»Year of the Family, Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal	-	1994
» Year of Tolerance	-	1995
» Poverty Eradication Year	-	1996
» Ocean Year	-	1998
» Old Age persons Year	-	1999
» Peace and Cultural Year	-	2000
» Year of Volunteers	-	2001
» Year for Cultural Heritage, Ecotourism year, Mountains Year	-	2002
» Fresh Water Year	-	2003
» International Rice Year	-	2004
» International Micro Credit Year	-	2005
» International Physics Year	-	2005
» International Sports and Physical Education	-	2005
» Year of Deserts and Desertification	-	2006
» Polar Year	-	2007/08
» International Potato Year, International Earth Year, Year of Sanitation, Year of languages	-	2008
» Year of Reconciliation, Year of Natural Fibres, Human Rights learning, Year of Astronomy	-	2009
» Year of Youth, Reapproachment of cultures, Year of Seafarer, Bio Diversity Year	-	2010
» Year for People of African Descent, Year of Chemistry, Year of Forest	-	2011
» Sustainable Energy for All	-	2012
» Water Cooperation, Year of Quinoa	-	2013
» Solidarity with the Palestinian people year, Small Island Developing States, Crystallography, Family Farming	-	2014
» Year of Soils	-	2015
» Year of Pulses	-	2016