International observances (Decades): Decades[edit] 1976–1985 –United Nations Decade for Women[26], recognized by the UN 1990s –International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction 1994–2004 –First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People [27], recognized by the UN 1997–2006 –First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty[28], recognized by the UN 2000–2010 –Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism[29](pdf), recognized by the UN 2000–2010 –Bone and Joint Decade[30], recognized by WHO 2001–2010 –International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World[31], recognized by the UN 2001–2010 –Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001–2010), recognized by the UN 2003–2012 –United Nations Literacy Decade[32], recognized by the UN 2005–2014 –United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development–[33], recognized by the UN 2005–2014 –Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People[34], recognized by the UN 2005–2015 –Water for Life Decade, recognized by the UN 2010–2020 –United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification, recognized by the UN 2011–2020 –United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, recognized by the UN; Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, recognized by the UN; Decade of Action for Road Safety[www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/en/index.html], recognized by the UN