Tawfik Jelassi is Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO.

Access to Information: A Cornerstone of Sustainable Development, Human Rights and Environmental Resilience

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Tawfik Jelassi

Access to information is the bridge that allows citizens to demand justice, journalists to expose corruption, and communities to secure basic services.

Advancing Universal Access to Information within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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At a time when we are all trying to find efficient solutions to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more essential than ever that we put forward universal access to information as a key pillar to building back better with resilient and inclusive knowledge societies capable of achieving sustainable development.