BACKGROUND
This was started in year 1972 by United Nation General Assembly, Every year this day is celebrated on 24th October. The purpose or reason behind celebrating this day is to drawing the attention of world public opinion towards the development problems and for strengthening International cooperation to solve them. In other words we may say that the purpose of celebrating this is to help draw the attention of the people worldwide to development problems. The aim of this event is to explain to the public that why this is necessary for supporting International cooperation to find ways to solve these problems. The main aim of celebrating World Development Information day is to inform or educate and motivate the general public towards finding the solutions for problems of trade and development problems. This day is an important day on development Calendar as it marks the need and importance of best and reliable development information to fight against social problems like poverty and inequality.
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.
