*2001 - International Year of Volunteers


* 2001 - United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations

* 2002 - International Year of Ecotourism

* 2002 - International Year of Mountains

* 2002 - United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage

* 2003 - International Year of Freshwater

* 2003 - European Disability Year

* 2004 - International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition



* 2004 - International Year of Rice

* 2005 - International Year for Sport and Physical Education

* 2005 - International Year of Microcredit

* 2005 - World Year of Physics (declared by IUPAP)

* 2006 - International Year of Deserts and Desertification , recognized by the UN



* 2007 - (International) Year of the Dolphin - ( http://www.yod2007.org) by the

United Nations and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)