Eleven years ago, in 1991, UNESCO recommended that the United Nations General Assembly proclaim 3 May World Press Freedom Day. This special day was established by the United Nations on 20 December 1993, in order to remember and celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom. An important international event, World Press Freedom Day exists to encourage and develop press freedom initiatives and to assess the state of press freedom world wide.
The day serves as a reminder to governments to respect their commitments to press freedom and offers support for media workers who fall victim to any number of measures that restrain, or seek to abolish, freedom of the press.
It is a day of remembrance for the many journalists who have been killed because of their profession, a reminder that governments must respect their commitments to press freedom.
The day serves as a reminder to governments to respect their commitments to press freedom and offers support for media workers who fall victim to any number of measures that restrain, or seek to abolish, freedom of the press.
It is a day of remembrance for the many journalists who have been killed because of their profession, a reminder that governments must respect their commitments to press freedom.
It is also an occasion to inform citizens of press freedom violations and a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, imprisoned, detained and murdered.
UNESCO/Cano Prize Goes to Zimbabwean Journalist
On 3 May 2002, UNESCO will present its Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Geoffrey Nyarota, editor-in-chief of Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, in a ceremony in Manila, the Philippines.
For more information, visit the special section of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) website on Geoffrey Nyarota or the UNESCO website.
IFEX: http://www.ifex.org/
UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/
UNESCO/Cano Prize Goes to Zimbabwean Journalist
On 3 May 2002, UNESCO will present its Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Geoffrey Nyarota, editor-in-chief of Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, in a ceremony in Manila, the Philippines.
For more information, visit the special section of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) website on Geoffrey Nyarota or the UNESCO website.
IFEX: http://www.ifex.org/
UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/