World Development Information Day 2022: The United Nations observes 24 October every year as World Development Information Day. This day is celebrated in different nations to create awareness about the problems surrounding development and how to overcome them. The same day is marked as United Nations Day, which was created on October 24, 1945.
World Development Information Day: History
In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly established World Development Information Day with resolution 3038 (XXVII). The international organization hoped to make people aware of the development related problems that countries across the world are facing. At that time, the standard of living was very low in many countries. The day was established to increase international cooperation to solve developmental problems and start improving living standards around the world.
World Development Information Day: Significance
With many countries burdened with inadequate resources, infrastructure, education, capacity, investment and connectivity, World Development Information Day aims to address these issues. To get the support of the people spreading awareness and mobilizing public opinion is to start addressing and solving these global problems.
However, as the world moves into an era with increasing importance of technology, the gap between developed and developing countries continues to widen in terms of major developmental milestones.
World Development Information Day: Theme
The United Nations General Assembly sets a theme for World Development Information Day every year. The stakeholders organize and plan all the events around the theme for the year.
Last year, in 2021, the theme of World Development Information Day was “Action for the Sustainable Development Goals”, and a year earlier, in 2020, it was “Information and Communication Technologies – New Solutions to Development Challenges”.
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