World Radio Day
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UNESCO's 36th General Conference adopted on November 3,2011 the proclamation of the 13th of February as the World Radio Day, as proposed by Spain.
Background:

Following a request from the Spanish Radio Academy
Academia Española de la Radio
The Spanish Academy of Radio Arts and Sciences is an institution which aims to promote radio in Spain, represent interests of radio professionals and provide training to existing and future radio professionals....

, on 20 September 2010 Spain proposed that the UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 Executive Board include an agenda item on the proclamation of a World Radio Day. UNESCO's Executive Board approved the its provisional agenda for the proclamation of a "World Radio Day" on 29 September 2011. The board recommended to the UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 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
United Nations Radio
United Nations Radio is the international broadcasting service of the United Nations.The radio broadcast is part of the World Radio Network. In the United States of America, the broadcast can be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio....

. It also invited all United Nations 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 World Radio Day, in the way that each considers most adequate. The board further requested that the Director-General, subject to the final resolution of the General Conference, bring the resolution to the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations so that World Radio Day could be endorsed by the General Assembly.
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