UNESCO to host World Press Freedom Day conference
in Sri Lanka
31 March 2006
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) will be hosting its annual World Press Freedom Day
conference in Sri Lanka on 1-3 May 2006, which will focus
on the link between freedom of the media and poverty eradication.
Held in Colombo, the conference will explore the independent
media's role in fighting poverty through the empowerment of
disadvantaged peoples and groups, its contribution to sustainable
economic development through improved communication between
different stakeholders, and the impact of transparency, accountability
and good governance on poverty eradication efforts.
More than 100 journalists and editors from around the world
are expected to attend the conference, as well as academics
and representatives of development agencies, intergovernmental
bodies and non-governmental organisations.
UNESCO hopes the conference will foster dialogue on how the
protection of press freedom and freedom of information can
reduce poverty. It also hopes the conference will help set
a course for diverse aid agencies and media organisations
to work better together to meet the U.N.'s Millennium Development
Goals.
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