{"id":14944,"date":"2019-09-09T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T05:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/?page_id=14944"},"modified":"2023-07-26T11:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:24:46","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History of BHN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"h2_black\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u201cRecognizing the fundamental importance of communications infrastructure as an essential element in the economic and social development of all countries.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; United Nations Resolution 36\/40 of 1981<\/p>\n<div>\u201cGiven the vital role telecommunications play, not only in such obvious fields as emergency, health and other social services, administration and commerce but also in stimulating economic growth and enhancing the quality of life, creating effective networks worldwide will bring immense benefits.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; International Telecommunication Union (ITU),<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Missing Link: Report of the Independent Commission<\/p>\n<p>for Worldwide Telecommunications Development,\u201d 1984, ITU<\/p>\n<div>Based on the above background, BHN Association was established in 1992 as a non-governmental organization specializing in ICT by six leaders of telecommunication industries in Japan to support people in developing countries through Information and Communication Technology (ICT).<\/div>\n<p><div>BHN Association has continued striving to realize its vision since its first support activity for people afflicted by the catastrophic nuclear accident in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 87.125%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"650\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.1036%;\" width=\"74\">Sep 1992<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 94.9291%;\" width=\"566\">Established as a voluntary organization.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.1036%;\">Sep 1999<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 94.9291%;\">Recognized as a specified nonprofit organization (NPO) by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.1036%;\">Oct 2006<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 94.9291%;\">Received the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award for Distinguished Service in International Cooperation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.1036%;\">Feb 2010<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 94.9291%;\">Certified as an authorized NPO.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History \u201cRecognizing the fundamental importance of communications infrastructure as an essential element in th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18501,"parent":14799,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-aboutBHN_temp.php","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14944"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19574,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14944\/revisions\/19574"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhn.or.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}