2. "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
this right includes freedom to hold opinions without
interference, and impart information and ideas through
any media regardless of frontiers"
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"A fundamental right on its own, freedom of expression also
provides the conditions for protecting and promoting all
other human rights”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
“It does not happen automatically; it requires a safe
environment for dialogue, where all can speak freely and
openly, without fear of reprisal.“
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova
3. World Press Freedom Day
03 MAY
3 May was proclaimed World Press
Freedom Day the UN General Assembly
in 1993 following a Recommendation
adopted at UNESCO's General
Conference in 1991.
