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| 1995, Jan. 3 |
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| The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that there were more than a million AIDS cases worldwide. | 1 |
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| Feb. 26 |
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| The Bank of England announced the bankruptcy of Barings PLC, Britain's oldest merchant bank, founded in 1762. A force in international banking and, earlier, in imperial finance, the bank failed because of unauthorized speculation by Nicholas Leeson, an employee in Singapore. | 2 |
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| March 6–13 |
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| The UN held its first World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, Denmark. Discussion centered around the eradication of poverty and the hoped-for achievement of full employment. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali urged patience. An action plan for upholding workers' rights was created. | 3 |
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| March 14 |
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| Norman Thagard became the first U.S. astronaut to go into space on a Russian rocket, showing the commitment of Russia and the United States to a new joint exploration of space. | 4 |
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| March 28–April 7 |
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| The UN held a summit on global warming called the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. More than 120 countries attended the conference, which took place in Berlin, agreeing to set specific goals for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by the year 2000. | 5 |
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| Aug. 4 |
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| For both environmental and peace reasons, the UN set an international pact to lower fishing rates and decrease conflicts over fishing areas. | 6 |
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| Sept. 4–15 |
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| The UN held its fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. The delegates endorsed a “Platform for Action” to work on stopping violence against women, giving women economic and political power, and funding programs to support these initiatives. | 7 |
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| Oct. 22–24 |
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| The largest gathering of world leaders convened at UN headquarters to celebrate the UN's 50th anniversary. Crime and conflict were discussed. | 8 |
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