World Development Information Day was established by UN General Assembly resolution 3038 (XXVII) in December 1972 to draw the attention of world public opinion to development issues and the need to strengthen international cooperation to address them.
The Assembly decided that the date of this day should coincide with the date of United Nations Day — on October 24.
World Development Information Day was further designated as the date of adoption in 1970 of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade. The concept of this strategy is to mobilize public opinion in the world on current issues of politics, economics, social sphere, and so on.
The Assembly expressed its belief that improving the dissemination of information and mobilizing public opinion, especially among young people, would be an important factor for a better understanding of development issues and would thus contribute to increased efforts in the field of international development cooperation.
It must also be said that the period from 2005 to 2014 was celebrated by the UN as the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. After all, — education is one of the main ways to obtain information, however, it is important to take into account its quality and relevance. Development in a society with a low information culture, deprived of communications and the opportunity to gain knowledge about the world around us, is proceeding extremely slowly. Accordingly, members of such a society cannot correctly and adequately assess the current situation in the world, analyze problems and look for ways to solve them. That is why education and information are so important to the entire world community as a whole.
Information and communication technologies can provide new solutions to development problems, particularly in the context of globalization, and can contribute to economic growth, competitiveness, access to information and knowledge, poverty eradication and social integration, which will help accelerate the integration of all countries, especially developing countries, into the world economy.
By the way, the media, which often shape public opinion, play an equally prominent role in these issues. Therefore, according to UN members, the main task of the — media is to provide objective and accurate information, without censorship interference.
Only with all the reliable and objective information necessary for analysis can representatives of different countries of the world build a constructive dialogue, analyze the current situation and find ways to solve global problems.