International Volunteer Day

day of international observance since 1985, offers opportunity to bring focus to volunteers and volunteer organisations
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International Volunteer Day

Summary

International Volunteer Day is a world day[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (world_day category, ranking #78 of 248).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Volunteer Day's image is recorded as Goma, Nord-Kivu, en RD Congo- Une écolière présente une sculpture en hommage à la Journée Internationale des Volontaires à l'un des volontaires des Nations Unies. (22981683004).jpg[3].
  • International Volunteer Day's instance of is recorded as world day[4].
  • International Volunteer Day's Commons category is recorded as International Volunteer Day[5].
  • International Volunteer Day's commemorates is recorded as volunteering[6].
  • +1985-12-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Volunteer Day[7].
  • International Volunteer Day's start time is recorded as +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • International Volunteer Day's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rmnv7[9].
  • International Volunteer Day's organizer is recorded as United Nations[10].
  • International Volunteer Day's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 5[11].
  • International Volunteer Day's official website is recorded as https://www.un.org/es/observances/volunteer-day[12].
  • International Volunteer Day's official website is recorded as https://www.un.org/en/observances/volunteer-day[13].
  • International Volunteer Day's main subject is recorded as volunteering[14].
  • International Volunteer Day's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 474662[15].

Why It Matters

International Volunteer Day draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (world_day category, ranking #78 of 248).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . unv.org. unv.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . trvst.world. trvst.world. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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