{"id":1970,"date":"2011-09-30T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T11:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2011-09-30T07:59:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T11:59:56","slug":"unesco-proclaims-world-radio-day-february-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/unesco-proclaims-world-radio-day-february-13\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Proclaims World Radio Day &#8211; February 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a title=\"UNESCO\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1971\" title=\"unesco_logo_en\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unesco_logo_en-300x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unesco_logo_en-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/unesco_logo_en.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>UNESCO<\/a>\u2019s Executive Board approved item 13 of its provisional agenda \u201cProclamation of a World Radio Day\u201d to be celebrated each February 13th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Executive\u2019s decision is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommends to the [UNESCO] General Conference that it proclaim a World Radio Day and that this Day be celebrated on 13 February, the day the United Nations established the concept of United Nations Radio;<\/li>\n<li>Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, professional associations and broadcasting unions, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to duly celebrate the World Radio Day, in the way that each considers most adequate;<\/li>\n<li>Requests the Director-General, subject to the final resolution of the General Conference, to bring this resolution to the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations so that World Radio Day may be endorsed by the General Assembly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"World Radio Day\" href=\"http:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/images\/0021\/002112\/211271e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read UNESCO&#8217;s full World Radio Day proclamation here (PDF).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNESCO\u2019s Executive Board approved item 13 of its provisional agenda \u201cProclamation of a World Radio Day\u201d to be celebrated each February 13th. The Executive\u2019s decision is as follows: Recommends to the [UNESCO] General Conference that it proclaim a World Radio Day and that this Day be celebrated on 13 February, the day the United Nations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,3],"tags":[621,620,622,623,619,618],"class_list":["post-1970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-news","tag-un","tag-unesco","tag-united-nations","tag-united-nations-radio","tag-world-radio-day","tag-world-radio-day-february-13"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-vM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36170,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/united-nations-radio-still-a-powerful-worldwide-tool-for-dialogue-tolerance-and-peace\/","url_meta":{"origin":1970,"position":0},"title":"United Nations: Radio still a powerful worldwide tool for \u2018dialogue, tolerance and peace\u2019","author":"Thomas Witherspoon","date":"February 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: United Nations News\u00a0via Mike Hansgen) \u201cEven in today\u2019s world of digital communications,\u00a0radio reaches\u00a0more people than any other media platform\u201d explained the UN chief, adding that it \u201cconveys vital information and raises awareness on important issues\u201d. \u201cAnd it is a personal, interactive platform where people can air their views, concerns,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Haiti_HHF1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55823,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/radio-peace-today-is-world-radio-day-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":1970,"position":1},"title":"Radio &#038; Peace: Today is World Radio Day 2023","author":"Thomas","date":"February 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is UNESCO World Radio Day and this year the theme is \"Radio and Peace.\" Here\u2019s the announcement from UNESCO: Proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an International Day, February 13 became World Radio Day (WRD).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/EN-middle-WRD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5604,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/voice-of-russia-world-celebrates-all-uniting-role-of-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":1970,"position":2},"title":"Voice of Russia: World celebrates all-uniting role of radio","author":"Thomas","date":"February 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Voice of Russia) February 13 is World Radio Day. 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