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WORLD DEVELOPMENT
INFORMATION DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
October 24 |
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Description |
- The day is observed with the object of drawing the
attention of world public-opinion each year to development
problems and the necessity of strengthening international
co-operation to solve them.
- In May, 1972, UNCTAD proposed measures for information
dissemination and for the mobilization of public opinion
relative to trade and development problems.
- A further aim of the event is to explain to the general
public why it is necessary to strengthen international
cooperation to find ways to solve these problems.
- The assembly also decided that the day should coincide
with United Nations Day to stress the central role of
development in the UN's work.
- Modern information-technologies, such as the Internet
and mobile telephones free from digital divide can alert
people and find solutions to problems of trade and
development.
- One of the specific aims of World Development
Information Day was to inform and motivate young people and
this change may help to further this aim. qv
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