World radio day

The World Day of Radio ( English World Radio Day ; in short Weltradiotag ) is on February 13 committed. It took place for the first time in 2012. The General Conference of UNESCO has called World Radio Day in memory of the founding of United Nations Radio on February 13, 1946. The decision was made at the general conference on November 3, 2011 at the suggestion of Spain.

See also

• Day of the radio

Web links

• Official site of the World Day of Radio (English)
• World Radio Day . In: UN.org (English)
• Proclamation of World Radio Day . In: UNESCO.de (PDF, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Proclamation. UNESCO Session 187EX / 13 ( English , PDF; 38 kB) In: UNESCO . August 26, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2012: "The Director-General submits for the approval of the Executive Board, the feasibility study for the proclamation of a World Radio Day ..."
2. ↑ UNESCO: 13 February proposed as World Radio Day (English) . In: UNESCO , July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2012.