World Development Information Day Is Celebrated On 24 October:
Every year on October 24, the United Nations observes World Development Information Day.
Highlights:
♦ The purpose of the Day is to draw the attention of the world`s public opinion to development issues and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them in order to promote overall growth and development.
♦ In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly established World Development Information Day to coincide with United Nations Day.
♦ The United Nations General Assembly established World Development Information Day in 1972 to draw attention to the world`s development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to address them.
♦ The Assembly decided that the Day should be held on October 24, the same day as United Nations Day.
♦ It was also the date when the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade was adopted.