World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
Date : 17th May
Telecommunications and information communication technologies have an important role to play in the modern life of the world community. Also, it helps to healthier the aging of the global population. Supporting a life of healthy aging is important for the sustainability of economic and health systems. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is an international day, and it is celebrated annually on the 17th of May. This day was proclaimed in November 2006 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey. 17th May is the anniversary of the creation of the International Telecommunication Union and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention.
The objective of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is to help increase awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies and the ways to bridge the digital divide.
As per the history of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, since 1969, World Telecommunication Day has been celebrated annually on the 17th of May to mark the establishment of the International Telecommunication Union and the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention in 1865. This decision was proclaimed by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973 as Resolution 46. Also, the World Summit on the Information Society requested the United Nations General Assembly to declare 17th May as World Information Society Day in November 2005 to focus on the importance of information and communication technologies and the wide range of issues related to the Information Society. The General Assembly adopted this resolution (A/RES/60/252) in March 2006. Later, the International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference decided to celebrate both events on 17th May as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2006.
The updated Resolution 68 invites the Member States and Sector Members to celebrate this day annually, and the International Telecommunication Union hopes to introduce digital technologies for healthy aging persons that will contribute to the United Nations Decade of Healthy Aging.
Category : Technology
