BUDDYCONCEPT
  • Home
  • Andhra Current Affair
  • Telangana Current Affair
  • International Concept
  • Indian Polity Concept
  • Home
  • Andhra Current Affair
  • Telangana Current Affair
  • International Concept
  • Indian Polity Concept

World Press Freedom Day

3/5/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
Established                         : 1993
2021 Theme                        : Information as a Public Good

World Press Freedom Day celebrated on 3rd May 2021 with the theme “Information as a Public Good” . 2021 Global Conference is hosted by UNESCO and the Government of Namibia. It is held from 29 April - 3 May in Windhoek, Namibia. The Conference will call for urgent attention to the threat of extinction faced by local news media around the world, a crisis worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

About World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.

About Windhoek Declaration
The Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic Press, short: Windhoek Declaration is a statement of press freedom principles by African newspaper journalists in 1991. 

Sources :  UN
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    October 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021

    Categories

    All
    Awards In News
    Events In News
    Geography & Environment
    Important Days In News
    India & International
    Indian Culture & History
    Indian Defence News
    Indian Economy News
    Indian Polity News
    Person In News
    Report In News
    Scheme & Initiative
    Science & Technology
    Sports Current News

  • Home
  • Andhra Current Affair
  • Telangana Current Affair
  • International Concept
  • Indian Polity Concept