Basic General Knowledge
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International Years



International Years

International Year of Shelter for Homeless 1987
International Literacy Year 1990
International Space Year 1992
International Year of Indigenous Population 1993
International Year of Family 1994
International Year of Tolerance 1995
International Year of Ocean 1998
International Year of Aging (older) people 1999
International Year of Peace-Culture 2000
International Year of Gratitude 2000
International Year of Woman Empowerment 2001
International Year for Eradication of Mental Diseases (WHO) 2001
United Nation's Year for Interaction among Civilizations 2001
International Mountain Year 2002
International Year of Eco-tourism 2002
International Fresh Water Year 2003
International Rice Year 2004
International Year of Microcredit and International Year of Physics 2005
International Year of Desert and Desertification 2006
Year of Good Governance (for SAARC countries) 2008
International Year of Biodiversity 2010
International Year of Water Cooperation 2013

International Decades

Third Disarmament Decade 1990
UN Decade of International Law 1990 - 1999
Intemational Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism 1999 - 2000
United Nations Decade against Drug Abuse 1991 - 2000
Inaternational Decade for Indigenous people of the World 1994 - 2004
UN decade for Human Rights Education 1995 - 2004
UN decade for the Eradication of Poverty 1997 - 2006
Second UN Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism 2001 - 2010
International Decade for Peace and Non Violence for children 2001 - 2010