Fixed Gregorian-calendar rule for World Cancer Day: 4 February every year.
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Observance NoteMarks the 2000 Charter of Paris Against Cancer, signed at the World Cancer Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, and is led each year by the Union for International Cancer Control. 1 FAQs
When is World Cancer Day observed each year?
World Cancer Day is fixed to 4 February every year.
World Cancer Day is fixed to 4 February on the Gregorian calendar and is held on that date every year. The date was set because the Charter of Paris Against Cancer was signed on 4 February 2000 at the World Cancer Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris, by then UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura and then French President Jacques Chirac, with the Charter establishing the anniversary of its own signing as World Cancer Day. The day is led each year by the Union for International Cancer Control.
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