Events Calendar 2010

Event Calender of: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

This document contains a list of major international and departmental events for the year 2007.  Information on a specific event can be accessed by clicking on a link, where available.  Although all reasonable care is taken to maintain and update this information, users should please check with the Department on the date and venue of an event before taking any action in respect of that event.

2010 Calendar of Events
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MAJOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010) International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010) United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012) United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005-2014) International Decade for Action, "Water for Life" (2005 - 2015) United Nations (UN) Events Site

January 2010

• 1 Jan: New Year's Day
• 7 Jan: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to attend the SADC Political and Diplomatic Committee meeting in Mozambique
• 22 Jan: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to host Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pretoria, South Africa
• 26 Jan: Working Visit by the Foreign Minister of Australia, Stephen Smith to South Africa
• 26-31 Jan: World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos, Switzerland
• 28-29 Jan: 16th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 29 Jan: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust
• 31 Jan-2 Feb: 14th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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February 2010

• 2 Feb: World Wetlands Day
• 4 Feb: World Cancer Day
• 11 Feb: State of the Nation Address in Parliament’s National Assembly Chamber by President Jacob Zuma
• 17 Feb: 2010 Budget Speech by the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan
• 18 Feb: International Tourist Guide Day
• 18-20 Feb: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to attend Exhumation and Repatriation Ceremony in Zambia
• 21 Feb: International Mother Language Day
• 25-26 Feb: Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to pay an Official Visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

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March 2010

• 1 Mar: 13th Session of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland
• 2-5 Mar: State Visit by President Jacob Zuma to the United Kingdom
• 7 Mar: South Africa - Sierra Leone Bilateral Meeting, Pretoria, South Africa
• 7-8 Mar: Women, Peace and Security Seminar, Pretoria, South Africa
• 8 Mar: International Women's Day
• 8 Mar: Commonwealth Day
• 9-11 Mar: Second Session of South Africa - Ghana Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC), Accra, Ghana
• 14-16 Mar: International Conference on Rural Territorial Development, New Delhi
• 15 Mar: World Consumer Rights Day
• 20 Mar: International Earth Day
• 21 Mar: Human Rights Day (South Africa)
• 21 Mar: World Poetry Day
• 21 Mar: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 22 Mar: World Water Day
• 24 Mar: International World TB Day

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April 2010

• 2 Apr: Good Friday
• 5 Apr: Family Day
• 23 Apr: World Book and Copyright Day
• 25 Apr: Africa Malaria Day
• 27 Apr: Freedom Day (South Africa)

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May 2010

• 1 May: Workers Day (South Africa)
• 3 May: World Press Feedom Day
• 6 May: World Asthma Day
• 8 May: World Red Cross Day
• 12 May : International Nurse's Day
• 15 May: International Day of Families
• 17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
• 18 May: International Museum Day
• 20 May: International Candlelight Memorial Day
• 22 May: International Day for Biologcal Diversity
• 25 May: Africa Day
• 31 May: World No Tobacco Day

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June 2010

• June: Antarctic Month
• June: Youth Development Month
• 5 Jun: World Environment Day
• 8 Jun: World Oceans Day
• 12 Jun: World Day Agains Child Labour
• 15 Jun: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 16 Jun: National Youth Day (South Africa)
• 17 Jun: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 20 Jun: World Refugee Day
• 22 Jun: Africa Public Service Day
• 26 Jun: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking

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July 2010

• 11 Jul: World Population Day

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August 2010

• August: National Women's Month
• 9 Aug: National Women's Day (South Africa)
• 9 Aug: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• 12 Aug: International Youth Day
• 18-23 Aug: World Water Week

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September 2010

• September: Heritage Month (South Africa)
• September: Tourism Month (South Africa)
• 1-7 Sep: National Arbor Week
• 8 Sep: International Literacy Day
• 8 Sep: World Rabies Day
• 16 Sep: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 21 Sep: International Day of Peace
• 21 Sep: International Day of Alzheimers
• 24 Sep: National Heritage Day (South Africa)
• 27 Sep: World Tourism Day
• 28 Sep: World Heart Day

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October 2010

• October: Transport Month (South Africa)
• October: Astronomy Month
• 1 Oct: International Day for Older Persons
• 5 Oct: World Teacher's Day
• 8 Oct: International Day for Nature Disaster Reductions
• 9 Oct: World Postal Day
• 10 Oct: World Mental Health Day
• 10 Oct: World Sight Day
• 15 Oct: World Rural Women's Day
  
• 16 Oct: World Food Day (FAO)
• 17 Oct: International Day or the Eradication of Poverty
• 20 Oct: World Osteoporosis Day
• 24 Oct: United Nations (UN) Day

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November 2010

• 14 Nov: World Diabetes Day
• 16 Nov: International Day for Tolerance
• 20 Nov: Africa Industrialisation Day
• 20 Nov: Universal Children's Day
• 25 Nov - 10 Dec: 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women

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December 2010

• 1 Dec: World Aids Day
• 2 Dec: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3 Dec: International Day for Persons with Disabilities
• 5 Dec: International Volunteers Day
• 6 Dec: International Day of Disabled Persons
• 7 Dec: International Cilvil Aviation Day
• 10 Dec: International Human Rights Day
• 16 Dec: Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
• 18 Dec: International Migrants Day
• 20 Dec: International Human Solirarity Day
• 25 Dec: Christmas Day
• 26 Dec: Day of Goodwill

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