Chairperson I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that 24 October is observed worldwide as World Development Information Day;
2) further notes that World Development Information Day was first held on 24 October 1973 and that this day is dedicated to world public opinion on development problems and the necessity to strengthen international co-operation to solve them;
3) recalls that on 17 May 1972 the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development proposed measures for the information dissemination and the mobilisation of public opinion relative to trade and development problems and that this became known as Resolution 2038 (XXVII) and was passed by the UN General Assembly on 19 December 1972;
4) further recalls that Resolution 2038 (XXVII) called for the introduction of World Development Information Day to help draw the attention of people worldwide to development problems;
5) believes that an informed society is a vital condition for the effective functioning of government and modern political and economic systems; and
6) supports World Development Information Day and commits itself to disseminate information to the citizenry so that the citizenry can play a meaningful role in governance and development.
Agreed to.