DECADES
UN Decade for People of African Descent, 2015-2024 (A/RES/68/237, 2013)
Programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent (A/RES/69/16, 2014)
Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, 1993-2003 (A/RES/48/91, 1994)
Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, 1983-1993 (A/RES/38/14, 1983)
[First] Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, 1973-1983 (A/RES/2919(XXVII), 1972)
INTERNATIONAL DAYS
31 August - International Day for People of African Descent (A/RES/75/170)
23 August - UNESCO International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
25 March - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade [established by A/RES/62/122 of 2008 for annual observation: originally established as International Day for the Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade for 2007 observation only (A/RES/61/19, 2006)] - Facebook page - Documents - Resources
Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade at the UN - "The Ark of Return", by architect Rodney Leon - UN Slavery Memorial Facebook page
21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [proclaimed by A/RES/2142(XXI), 1966]
2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
INTERNATIONAL YEARS
2011 - International Year for People of African Descent (A/RES/64/169, 2009)
International Year OHCHR website
2004 - Iinternational Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (A/RES/57/195, 2002)
2001 - International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (A/RES/53/152, 1998)
1971 - International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (A/RES/2544(XXIV), 1969)