WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY: OCTOBER 24, 2010

 

WORLD DEVEOLOPMENT INFORMATION DAY

Quick Facts

The United Nations’ (UN) World Development Information Day falls on October 24 each year.

Local names

Name	Language
World Development Information Day	English
Día Mundial de Información sobre el Desarrollo	Spanish

World Development Information Day 2010

Sunday, October 24, 2010

World Development Information Day 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011
See list of observations below.

The United Nations’ (UN) World Development Information Day is annually held on October 24 to draw attention of worldwide public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.

World Development Information Day activities attract the media, including television journalists. ©iStockphoto.com/sapandr

What do people do?

Many events  are organized to focus attention on the work that the UN does, particularly  with regard to problems of trade and development. Many of these are aimed at  journalists working for a range of media, including television, radio,  newspapers, magazines and Internet sites. Direct campaigns may also be  organized in some areas. These may use advertisements in newspapers and on  radio and television as well as posters in public places.

In South  Africa, indabas (gatherings of community representatives with expertise in a  particular area) are often held. Representatives of local, national and  international bodies are invited to share, discuss and consolidate their ideas  around a particular development issue of local or national importance.

Public life

World  Development Information Day is a global observance and not a public holiday.

Background

On May 17,  1972, the UN Conference on Trade and Development proposed measures for the  information dissemination and the mobilization of public opinion relative to  trade and development problems. These became known as resolution 3038 (XXVII),  which was passed by the UN General Assembly on December 19, 1972.

This  resolution called for introducing World Development Information Day to help  draw the attention of people worldwide to 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. World Development  Information Day was first held on October 24, 1973, and has been held on this  date each year since then.

In recent  years, many events have interpreted the title of the day slightly differently.  These have concentrated on the role that modern information technologies, such  as Internet and mobile telephones can play in alerting people and finding  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.

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World Development Information Day Observances

Weekday	Date	Year	Name	Holiday type	Where it is observed
Fri	Oct 24	1980	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sat	Oct 24	1981	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sun	Oct 24	1982	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Mon	Oct 24	1983	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Wed	Oct 24	1984	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Thu	Oct 24	1985	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Fri	Oct 24	1986	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sat	Oct 24	1987	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Mon	Oct 24	1988	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Tue	Oct 24	1989	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Wed	Oct 24	1990	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Thu	Oct 24	1991	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sat	Oct 24	1992	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sun	Oct 24	1993	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Mon	Oct 24	1994	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Tue	Oct 24	1995	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Thu	Oct 24	1996	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Fri	Oct 24	1997	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sat	Oct 24	1998	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sun	Oct 24	1999	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Tue	Oct 24	2000	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Wed	Oct 24	2001	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Thu	Oct 24	2002	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Fri	Oct 24	2003	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sun	Oct 24	2004	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Mon	Oct 24	2005	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Tue	Oct 24	2006	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Wed	Oct 24	2007	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Fri	Oct 24	2008	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sat	Oct 24	2009	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sun	Oct 24	2010	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Mon	Oct 24	2011	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Wed	Oct 24	2012	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Thu	Oct 24	2013	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Fri	Oct 24	2014	World Development Information Day	United Nation day
Sat	Oct 24	2015	World Development Information Day	United Nation day

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