[WSIS CS-Plenary] Regarding World Radio Day 2011: We need your support letter

[AHM Bazlur Rahman]

Dear Madam/Sir,

Greetings from Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)

BNNRC is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

 

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC), since its inception, has been advocating with the government and with other organizations for the promotion of Community Radio to address critical social issues at community level, such as poverty and social exclusion, empowerment of marginalized rural groups and catalyze democratic process in decision making and ongoing development efforts.

 

We would like to support the initiative of the Spanish Radio Academy to propose to the UNESCO the founding of a "World Radio Day" within the International Days UN calendar.

Since its launch more than a century ago, radio is free and accessible to the majority of the world's population. Radio deserves a World Radio Day tribute. Undoubtedly, this date will be celebrated by radio professionals and millions of radio listeners around the world.


We are agreeable to celebrate the "World Radio Day" on every 30th of October. This date coincides with the broadcasting of one of the most relevant and well-known radio programmes in the history of radio, The War of the Worlds. This radio drama was directed by Orson Wells and broadcast by CBS on the 30th of October 1938 and since then, radio stations all over the world have produced versions in their own languages.


We support the initiative of the Spanish Radio Academy to propose the founding of a "World Radio Day" to the UNESCO.

 

We would be very happy if you initiate following activities in your country level;

1. Endorse  and send support letter on behalf of your organisation[Proto type support letter is available http://www.worldradioday.org/]

2. Start lobby with your Government in line with National UNESCO Commission in your country

3. Send Endorsed support letter  to your country embassy in FRANCE


 

More information on  World Radio Day: http://www.worldradioday.org/



Looking forward to stay with you, regarding World Radio Day on every 30th of October around the World.

With Solidarity,

 


Bazlu
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AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
[NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council]
& 
Head, Community Radio Academy 
 
House: 13/1, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
 
Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501
Cell: 01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105
E-mail: ceo at bnnrc.net www.bnnrc.net


BROADCASTERS LETTERS OF SUPPORT (ALPHABETIC ORDER):
  a.. ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT-AIBD (Malaysia) 
  b.. ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIODIFUSIÓN COMERCIAL-AERC-(Spain) 
  c.. ASSET RADIO BROADCASTING -PVT-Limited (Sri Lanka) 
  d.. ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE DES RADIOS (Belgium) 
  e.. ATHLONE COMMUNITY RADIO (Ireland) 
  f.. AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION-ABC- 
  g.. BANGLADESH ICT JOURNALIST FORUM -BIJF-(Dhaka, Bangladesh) 
  h.. BANGLADESH NGOs NETWORK FOR RADIO AND COMMUNICATION -BNNRC- 
  i.. BHUTAN BROADCASTING SERVICE CORPORATION- BBS (Bhutan) 
  j.. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION- BBC- (United Kingdom) 
  k.. CADENA COPE (Spain) 
  l.. CADENA SER (Spain) 
  m.. CANAL EXTREMADURA RADIO (Spain) 
  n.. CANAL SUR RADIO (Spain) 
  o.. CARACOL RADIO (Colombia) 
  p.. EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION -EBU/UER- 
  q.. FM 100 PAKISTAN 
  r.. INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE LA RADIO 
  s.. KIRDARC (Nepal) 
  t.. KOREAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM 
  u.. MEDIA CAPITAL RÀDIO -MCR-(Portugal) 
  v.. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS -NAB-(U.S.A) 
  w.. ONDA CERO (Spain) 
  x.. ONDA MADRID (Spain) 
  y.. ONDA RAMBLA-PUNTO RADIO (Spain) 
  z.. PARD COMMUNITY RADIO (Madurai, INDIA) 
  aa.. PUBLIMEDIA ASSOCIATION ROMANIA (Romania) 
  ab.. RADIO INTERECONOMIA (Spain) 
  ac.. RADIO MARIA (Spain) 
  ad.. RADIO NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA 
  ae.. RADIO UNIVERSITARIA ITÓPICA (Mexico) 
  af.. SRI LANKA DEVELOPMENT JOURNALIST FORUM- SDJF- 
  ag.. TELEVISA RADIO (Mexico) 
  ah.. THE VOICE OF VIETNAM (Hanoi, Vietnam) 
  ai.. URTI- International Radio and Television Union (France) 
  aj.. WORLD ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY RADIO BROADCASTERS -AMARC-(Canada)
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