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World Television Day
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In March 1998 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996.[1]
Unusual opposition to this declaration took the form of 11 abstentions to a vote on the resolution; in expressing their opposition, the delegation from Germany said:[2]
| “ | There are already three United Nations days encompassing similar subjects: World Press Freedom Day; World Telecommunication Day; and World Development Information Day. To add another day does not make much sense... [T]elevision is only one means of information and an information medium to which a considerable majority of the world population has no access... That vast majority could easily look at World Television Day as a rich man's day. They do not have access to television. There are more important information media and here I would mention radio in particular. We think it is more important to enhance the role of those media than that of television. | ” |
[edit] References
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 205 session 51 Proclamation of 21 November as World Television Day on 17 December 1996
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Verbotim Report meeting 88 session 51 page 24, Mr. Henze Germany on 17 December 1996 (retrieved 2008-07-09)
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