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Press Freedom
UNESCO promotes freedom of expression and freedom of the press and fosters media independence and pluralism by providing advisory services on media legislation and by making governments, parliamentarians and other decision-makers aware of the need to guarantee free expression.

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Press Freedom
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UNESCO promotes freedom of expression and freedom of the press and fosters media independence and pluralism by providing advisory services on media legislation and by making governments, parliamentarians and other decision-makers aware of the need to guarantee free expression.
UNESCO promotes freedom of expression and freedom of the press as a basic human right, through lobbying and monitoring activities. It highlights media independence and pluralism as fundamental to the process of democracy by providing advisory services on media legislation and by making governments, parliamentarians and other decision-makers aware of the need to guarantee free expression.

Other major UNESCO activities in this field include the proclamation in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly of a World Press Freedom Day to be celebrated on May 3rd; the establishment of an advisory group on press freedom which includes media professionals from all parts of the world; the establishment in 1997 of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

UNESCO supports independent media in zones of conflict to enable them to play an active role in conflict prevention and resolution and the transition towards a culture of peace.
  • 20-07-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns murder of Honduran broadcast journalists Nery Jeremías Orellana and Adan Benítez
  • 20-07-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns killing of Mexican journalist Angel Castillo Corona
  • 11-07-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns murder of Colombian journalist Luis Eduardo Gómez
  • 01-07-2011 (Paris) 
    UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Congolese journalist Witness-Patchelly Kambale Musonia
  • 01-07-2011 (Paris) 
    UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco
  • 01-07-2011 (Paris) 
    UNESCO Director-General deplores death of Iraqi cameraman Alwan al-Ghorabi
  • 01-07-2011 (Paris) 
    UNESCO rejoices at the release of journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier and their interpreter, Reza Din
  • 16-06-2011 (Addis Ababa) 
    Building journalists’ unions: Regional conference ended in Addis Ababa
  • 16-06-2011 (Paris) 
    Director General condemns killing of Indian journalist, Jyotirmoy Dey
  • 10-06-2011 (Paris) 
    UNESCO Director-General calls on Syrian authorities to restore internet services to citizens and cease attacks against media
  • 10-06-2011 (London) 
    Major conference aims to lead the fight against impunity of those who mistreat journalists
  • 17-05-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns killing of Pakistani journalist Nasrullah Afridi
  • 13-05-2011 (Apia) 
    Media Alliance for the Pacific established with UNESCO support
  • 09-05-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns murder of Peruvian journalist Julio Castillo Narváez
  • 09-05-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns murder of Brazilian journalist Valério Nascimento
  • 02-05-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General calls for freedom of expression to be protected worldwide
  • 29-04-2011 (Paris) 
    The challenges of the new media at heart of World Press Freedom Day celebrations
  • 28-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General deplores death of Bolivian news agency director David Niño de Guzmán
  • 23-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General deplores death of photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros in Libya
  • 21-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General calls for investigation into deaths in detention of media professionals in Bahrain
  • 19-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns murder of Italian journalist Vittorio Arrigoni
  • 19-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns murder of Brazilian journalist Luciano Leitão Pedrosa
  • 18-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns killing of Iraqi TV executive Taha Hameed
  • 08-04-2011 (Windhoek) 
    Young people in Namibia to sensitize public on importance of independent and pluralistic media
  • 07-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi to receive 2011 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
  • 04-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns killing of Iraqi journalist in Tikrit
  • 04-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Website raises curtain on celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2011 in the United States
  • 01-04-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General condemns killing of Philippines journalist Marlina "Len" Flores-Sumera
  • 28-03-2011 (Paris) 
    UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Libyan journalist Mohammed al-Nabbous and calls for freeing of detained media workers
  • 28-03-2011 (Paris) 
    Director-General deplores killing of Yemeni journalist Jamal Ahmed al-Sharabi in Sanaa protests
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