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Opening Segment

10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

• Message from the President of the General Assembly
  
• Message from the Secretary-General

• Statement by Mihnea Ioan Motoc, Chairman, United Nations Committee on Information
  
• Statement by Masood Haider, President, United Nations Correspondents Association

Panel Discussion: The Media as a Force for Change

10:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Moderator

Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information

Speakers

• Statement by Helene Gosselin, Director, UNESCO New York office
  
• Statement by Ann Cooper, Executive Director, Committee to Protect Journalists
  
• Statement by Geoffrey Nyarota, Laureate of the 2002 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize
  
• Statement by Mariana Sanchez, Venezuela Correspondent, Al Jazeera International
  

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