On October 20 2010, the World will celebrate the first World Statistics Day.
See more on UN Statistics’ Website.
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Resolution (A/64/L.53) on the World Statistics Day (20-10-2010) at its 64th session on 3 June 2010. The Resolution was co-sponsored by 55 countries.
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It worth to be celebrated, the professional in the field of statistics have contributed a lot towards Global development. Am always proud of being a Statistician
Me too, proud statistician !!! Waiting for 20th. Check out the countdown website in the link above. Fingers crossed !!
see the turkish page for the wsd:
http://www.tuik.gov.tr/dig/dig.html