UN International Years 1999-2017

Year	UN International Years
2017	International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2016	International Year of Pulses
2015	International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies International Year of Soils   [FAO]
2014	International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People  International Year of Small Island Developing States   International Year of Crystallography    International Year of Family Farming
2013	International Year of Water Cooperation International Year of Quinoa
2012	International Year of Cooperatives    International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2011	International Year for People of African Descent   International Year of Chemistry   International Year of Forests   International Year of Youth
2010	International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 — 11 August 2011)  International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures International Year of Biodiversity   International Year of the Seafarer
2009	International Year of Reconciliation   International Year of Natural Fibers  International Year of Human Rights Learning  International Year of Astronomy   Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO)
2008	International Year of Planet Earth   International Year of Languages    International Year of Sanitation   International Year of the Potato
2007-2008	International Polar Year (WMO)
2006	International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2005	International Year of Microcredit  International Year for Sport and Physical Education International Year of Physics
2004	International Year to 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
1999	International Year of Older Persons