Listed here are all events depicted on the various
stamps from the catalogue in chronological order. Each subject contains a brief
description and links to the relevant stamp issues.
Organizations and general subjects can be found in
alphabetical order in the ordinary subject
catalogue or divided into groups in the category catalogue.
For persons see the persons
catalogue.
1863
1878
1924
1927
International Labour Office meeting, Berlin
UPU Administrative Conference on Air Mail,
The Hague
1929
1930
50th ILO Governing Body meeting,
Brussels
1932-1933
Second International
Polar Year
1943
1949
1952
1955
1958
14th ECAFE Conference, Kuala Lumpur
Inauguration of UNESCO Headquarters,
Paris
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 10th anniversary
1959-1960
1960
5th World Forestry
Congress, Seattle
1962
The World United Against Malaria
1963
Paris Postal Conference Centenary
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 15th anniversary
1964
1965-1974
International Hydrological
Decade
1965
UNO 20th anniversary /
International Co-operation Year
1966
2nd International
Oceanographic Congress, Moscow
Inauguration of WHO Headquarters, Geneva
1967
1968
International Year for Human
Rights
1969
1970-1979
1970
Inauguration of UPU Headquarters, Berne
UNESCO Symposium 'Lenin and the development of
science, culture and education', Tampere
1971
International Year for
Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1972
United Nations
Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm
World Health Day 1972 - Your heart is
your health
1973
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 25th anniversary
1974
1975
1976-1985
United
Nations Decade for Women
1976
Habitat: United Nations Conference on
Human Settlements, Vancouver
Invention of the Telephone
Centenary
World Health Day 1976 - Foresight
prevents blindness
1977
1978
First powered flight 75th
anniversary
Global Eradication of Smallpox
International
Anti-Apartheid Year
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 30th anniversary
World Health Day 1978 - Down with high
blood pressure
1979
Inauguration of Vienna
International Center
International Year of the Child
United
Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, Vienna
1980-1989
1980
World Health Day 1980 - Smoking or
health - the choice is yours
World Tourism Conference,
Manila
1981
International Year of
Disabled Persons
United Nations
Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Paris
1982
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference,
Nairobi
1983
IPDC Intergovernmental Council, 4th
session, Tashkent
1984
19th UPU Congress, Hamburg/Salon der Philatelie zum XIX. Weltpostkongress,
Hamburg
1985-1986
1985-1994
Transport and
Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific
1985
WTO (Tourism) 10th
anniversary
1986
1987
Inauguration of Austria Center Vienna
International Year of
Shelter for the Homeless
1988
IFAD Seminar on Agricultural Loans for
Women
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 40th anniversary
1989
20th UPU Congress, Washington DC/World
Stamp Expo 89, Washington DC
Vienna International Centre 10th
anniversary
1990
United Nations
Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Paris
1991-2000
United
Nations Decade against Drug Abuse
1991
1992
International Conference
on Nutrition, Rome
Regional African Meeting of
the World Conference on Human Rights, Tunis
United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro
1993
World Conference on Human
Rights, Vienna
1994
21st UPU Congress, Seoul/Philakorea 1994, Seoul
International Year of the Family
1995
Fourth World Conference on
Women, Beijing
WTO (Tourism) 20th
anniversary
1996
International Year
for the Eradication of Poverty
1998
International Year of the Ocean
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 50th anniversary
World Post Day 1998 - World Stamp Day
1999
22nd UPU Congress, Beijing/China 1999,
Beijing
International Year of Older
Persons
2000
2001
International Year of
Volunteers
United Nations
Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Brussels
United Nations Year of Dialogue
among Civilizations
2002
International Year of Mountains
2003
International Year of
Freshwater
2004
International Year to
commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
2005
International Year of
Microcredit
International Year of Sport
and Physical Education
World Summit on the
Information Society, Tunis
2007-2008
2007-2009
International Year
of Planet Earth
2008
International Year
of Sanitation
International Year of
the Potato
Universal Declaration
of Human Rights 60th anniversary
2009
International Year of
Astronomy
UNOstamps catalogue page 007
last revised: 4 September 2010