The SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SECTION and the NGO SECTION of the Department of Public Information cordially invite you to an observance of 

World Press Freedom Day

Thursday, 3 May 2001, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 pm
Conference Room 2

“Fighting Racism and Promoting Diversity: the role of the free press”  

Formal observance 

¨     Opening remarks by Shashi Tharoor, Interim Head, Department of Public Information

¨   The Secretary-General

¨    Harri Holkeri, President of the General Assembly

¨   Joint message by the Secretary-General, the Director-General of UNESCO and the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(read by Shashi Tharoor)

¨   Milos Alcalay, Chairman, Committee on Information (Venezuela)

¨   Márcio Nogueira Barbosa, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO

 

Panel Discussion - Moderated by Shashi Tharoor

¨      Justin Arenstein, Editor, African Eye News Service (South Africa)

¨      Ana Baron, Bureau Chief, Clarín (Argentina)

¨      Ghida Fakhry, Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar)

¨      Frances Hardin, Member, Board of Directors, International Center for Journalists

¨      James Ottaway, Chairman, World Press Freedom Committee    

 Co-sponsored by the Department of Public Information and the International Center for Journalists (<http://www.icfj.org/>)

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