17-May World Telecommunication and Information Society Day:
Background Of the Day:
The reason for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is to assist with bringing issues to light of the conceivable outcomes that the utilization of the Internet and other data and correspondence advances (ICT) can bring to social orders and economies.
17 May marks the commemoration of the marking of the principal International Telegraph Convention and the making of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
History Of the Day:
World Information Society Day:
World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on 17 May since 1969, marking the founding of ITU and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. The Plenipotentiary Conference instituted it in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973 as Resolution 46.
World Telecommunication Day:
In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information Society called upon the UN General Assembly to declare 17 May as World Information Society Day to focus on the importance of ICT and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society raised by WSIS. The General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/60/252) in March 2006, stipulating that World Information Society Day shall be celebrated every year on 17 May.
