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What is the procedure for designating an international day, week, year or decade? The General Assembly has designated specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to promote, through awareness and action, the objectives of the Organization. Such days, weeks, years and decades have been proclaimed through the adoption of resolutions by the Assembly, proposed by one or more Member States. As far as international years are concerned, the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67, entitled “Guidelines for future international years”, sets out the criteria and procedures with respect to proposals for future international years. The General Assembly has stressed that the criteria and procedures contained in the guidelines should be taken into account in considering future proposals for international years (see in particular Assembly decision 35/424 and resolutions 53/199 and 61/185). On occasion, prior to the General Assembly proclaiming specific days and years, specialized agencies of the United Nations have adopted decisions supporting the establishment of specific days and years.