U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS
2014 : International Year of Family Farming, International Year of Crystallography
2013 : International Year of Quinoa, International Year of Water Co-operation
2012 : International Year of Co-operatives, International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2011 : International Year of Forests, International Year of Chemistry, International Year for People of African Descent
2010 : International Year of Biodiversity
2009 : International Year of Astronomy, International Year of Natural Fibers,International Year of Reconciliation, International Year of Human Rights Learning
2008 : International Year of Languages, International Year of Potato, International Year of Sanitation, International Year of Planet Earth
2007 : International Polar Year, International Dolphin Year
2006 : International Co-operatives Year of Deserts and Desertification
2005 : International Year of Microcredit, International Year for Sport and Physical Education, International Year of Physics
2004 : International Year of Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition, International Year of Rice
2003 : Year of Kyrgyz Statehood, International Year of Freshwater
2002 : United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, International Year of Mountains,International Year of Ecotourism
2001 : United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, International Year of Volunteers, International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2000 : International Year of Thanksgiving, International Year for the Culture of Peace
