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World Stats Day Watch - Heck yeah you can dance to it!

by Kady O'Malley Posted: October 20, 2010 11:09 AM Last Updated: October 20, 2010 11:30 AM
Courtesy of a Hill correspondent who has clearly gotten well tucked in with that notorious WSD spirit comes a link to the official UN-sanctioned jingle, which was written and recorded by musicians hailing from Papau New Guinea. 

You can listen to it here (MP3 format) -- and feel free to sing along! 

LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER 
FOR A BETTER PNG, FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW 
IT'S THE WORLD STATISTICAL DAY 
AND RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THERE'S A CELEBRATION TO COMEMORATE STATISTICS 

 PNG! LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE 
WORLD STATISTICAL DAY, ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2010 
IT'S A RIGHTFUL DAY, TO CELEBRATE 
THE MANY ACHIVEMENTS 
OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS, TO DEVELOPMENT 

PNG! LET'S STAND TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE WORLD STATISTICAL DAY, ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2010 
IT'S A RIGHTFUL DAY, TO CELEBRATE 
THE MANY ACHIVEMENTS 
OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS, TO DEVELOPMENT 
BE PARTNERS IN USING STATISTICS FOR YOUR DECISION 
BE PARTNERS IN USING STATISTICS FOR YOUR DECISION

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