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 |