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The Media as a Force for Change
World Press Freedom Day reminds us all – governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations as well as civil society – of the crucial role a free press plays in strengthening democracies and fostering development around the world.
Proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1993, the Day has been observed on 3 May ever since.
The United Nations Department of Public Information observance of World Press Freedom Day 2006 will be held within the Department’s weekly NGO briefing programme on Wednesday, 3 May, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in Conference Room 1.
The Committee on Information will dedicate its morning session to this two-part event. Messages by the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General will be delivered during the opening segment, to be followed by a panel discussion on The Media as a Force for Change [ archived video].
The panel discussion will provide a forum to debate issues such as the freedom, and responsibilities, of the press, the safety and security of journalists, efforts of governmental and corporate “control” of media, including the Internet and its “governance”, as well as the media’s capacity to catalyze socio-economic development, particularly the eradication of poverty.
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