World Press Freedom Day was established by the United Nations (UN) two years after a joint conference between UNESCO and the United Nations Department of Public Information held in Windhoek, Namibia, in 1991. The conference called upon the UN to establish a day dedicated to celebrating the fundamental principles of press freedom and to honoring journalists who have lost their lives in pursuit of their profession. In 2011, World Press Freedom Day marks the twentieth anniversary of that declaration.
Recalling Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948 and which states that the fundamental right of freedom of expression encompasses the freedom “to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers,” World Press Freedom Day is celebrated across the globe every 3 May.
This year’s three-day celebration of World Press Freedom Day, whose theme is 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers, will culminate with the awarding of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on 3 May in Washington, DC, United States.
This year’s three-day celebration of World Press Freedom Day, whose theme is 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers, will culminate with the awarding of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on 3 May in Washington, DC, United States.
16-05-2011 (Geneva)
13-05-2011 (Apia)
09-05-2011 (Geneva)
09-05-2011 (Cairo)
09-05-2011 (Kabul)
05-05-2011 (Tunisia)
04-05-2011 (Paris)
04-05-2011 (Kingston)
04-05-2011 (Windhoek)
03-05-2011 (Kathmandu)
03-05-2011 (Baghdad)
02-05-2011 (Paris)
02-05-2011 (Windhoek)
02-05-2011 (Quito)
08-04-2011 (Windhoek)
07-04-2011 (Paris)
04-04-2011 (Paris)
16-12-2010 (Paris)
10-12-2010 (Doha)
Senior Programme Specialist
Programme Assistant
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/en/wpfd2011