Important Days and Theme (May-June 2018)

May 2018

Date	Day	Theme
May 1	International Labour Day	Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement
May 1	World Asthma Day	Never too early, never too late. It's always the right time to address airways disease
May 1	Gujarat, Maharashtra Day
May 3	World Press Freedom Day	Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law
May 4	International Firefighters’ Day
May 5	World Cartoonist’s Day
May 6	International No Diet Day
May 7	World Athletics Day
May 7	Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Raising Day
May 8	World Red Cross Day	Memorable smiles from around the world
May 11	National Technology Day	Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future
May 12	International Nurses Day	Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right
May 15	International Day Of Families	Families and inclusive societies
May 17	world hypertension day	Know Your Numbers with a goal of increasing high blood pressure (BP) awareness in all populations around the world.
May 17	International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia	Alliances for Solidarity
May 17	World Telecommunication And Information Society Day	Enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for All
May 18	International Museum Day	Hyperconnected museums: New approaches, new publics
May 18	World AIDS Vaccine Day
May 21	Anti-Terrorism Day
May 22	International Day For Biological Diversity	Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity
May 24	Commonwealth Day	Towards a Common Future
May 29	International Day Of UN Peacekeepers	UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service and Sacrifice

June 2018

DAY	THEME & SOME FACTS
World Bicycle Day : 3 June	It was the first official World Bicycle Day. celebrated to raise awareness about the benefits of using the bicycle for transport and leisure.
Financial Literacy Week Begins June 4 to June 8	The theme is “customer protection “. It focuses on creating awareness among customers of banks about financial products and services, good financial practices and going digital.
World Environment Day: 05th June	The theme is "Beat Plastic Pollution".
World Ocean Day: 8th June	Main focus - to prevent plastic pollution and encourage solutions for a healthy ocean
World Day Against Child Labour: 12th June	Main Focus on child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.
World Blood Donors Day: 14 June	theme - ‘Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life’.
World Refugee Day: 20 June	The theme is ‘Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees’. Celebrated to celebrate the courage, strength and perseverance of millions of refugees.
4th International Yoga Day: 21 June	It was organised at Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and The theme is "Yoga for Peace".
World Music Day: 21 June	known as 'Fete de la Musique' after a music festival that began in France in 1982.
United Nations Public Service Day: 23 June	theme - “Transforming governance to realize the Sustainable Development Goals”.
International Widows' Day: 23 June	It is a global awareness day to give special recognition to the situation of widows of all ages and across regions and cultures.
International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking: 26 June	theme -"Listen First - Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe."