List of United Nations Years:

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YearDesignation by United Nations
1959/1960World Refugee Year
1978/79International Anti-Apartheid Year
1961International Health and Medical Research Year
1965International Co-operation Year
1967International Tourist Year
1968International Year for Human Rights
1970International Education Year
1971International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice
1974World Population Year
1975International Women’s Year
1978/79International Anti-Apartheid Year
1979International Year of the Child
1981International Year for Disabled Persons
1982International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa
1983World Communications Year; Development of Communication Infrastructures
1985International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace
1986International Year of Peace
1987International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1990International Literacy Year
1992International Space Year
1993International Year for the World’s Indigenous People
1994International Year of the Family; International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
1995United Nations Year for Tolerance; World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
1996International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1998International Year of the Ocean
1999International Year of Older Persons
2000International Year of Thanksgiving International Year for the Culture of Peace
2001United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations International Year of Volunteers International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance  
2002United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage International Year of Mountains International Year of Ecotourism
2003Year of Kyrgyz Statehood International Year of Freshwater
2004International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition International Year of Rice
2005International Year of Microcredit International Year for Sport and Physical Education International Year of Physics
2006International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2009International Year of Planet Earth International Year of Languages International Year of Sanitation International Year of the Potato
2010International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 — 11 August 2011) International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures International Year of Biodiversity International Year of the Seafarer
2011International Year for People of African Descent International Year of Chemistry International Year of Forests International Year of Youth
2012International Year of Cooperatives International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2013International Year of Water Cooperation International Year of Quinoa
2014International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People International Year of Small Island Developing States International Year of Crystallography International Year of Family Farming
2015International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies International Year of Soils
2016International Year of Pulses
2017International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2019International Year of Indigenous Languages International Year of Moderation
2020International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife International Year of Plant Health
2021International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour International Year of Fruits and Vegetables International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development International Year of Peace and Trust
2022International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
2023International Year of Millets
2024International Year of Camelids

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