SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS, IMPUNITY TO BE THEME AS UNITED NATIONS OBSERVES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY AT HEADQUARTERS ON 3 MAY
The United Nations Department of Public Information will observe World Press Freedom Day with an event scheduled for Thursday, 3 May, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 1 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
As is customary, this observance is held within the framework of this year’s annual session of the Committee on Information (30 April to 11 May 2007). MORE http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2007/note6080.doc.htm
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