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Title – 6672 GLOBAL: UNESCO chief to promote media freedom
Date – 22 February 2010
Byline – None
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – World Press Freedom Day 2010, 19/2/10
Copyright – WPFD2010
Status – Unabridged
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UNESCO CHIEF TO PROMOTE MEDIA FREEDOM
www.wpfd2010.org/news/17-news/31-unesco-chief-to-promote-media-freedom
BRISBANE (WPFD2010/Pacific Media Watch): The new director-general of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
will promote media freedom at an international conference at the University of
Queensland on her first official visit to Australia.
Irina Bokova will give a keynote speech at the UNESCO World Press
Freedom Day 2010 conference, hosted by UQ, on May 2-3.
With the conference theme being Freedom of Information: the Right to
Know, Bokova said freedom of information (FOI) "is a
fundamental human right that UNESCO is specifically mandated to
promote".
"The meeting planned for the day will stimulate high-level discussions
among worldwide experts on the topic," she said.
"This will thereby contribute to advancing FOI through the sharing of
knowledge and experiences on key issues pertaining to the adoption,
implementation and usage of FOI legislation, among other matters of
relevance."
UQ vice-chancellor and president, Professor Paul Greenfield, said the
university was delighted by Bokova's decision to make the conference
a focus of her first official visit to Australia.
"Media freedom in all parts of the globe is intrinsic to a flow of
factual information, which is essential if we are to identify and
address the world's problems," Professor Greenfield said.
"UNESCO's mandate to defend press freedom aligns with UQ's concern
for academic freedom and our commitment to tackle local, regional and
global challenges through learning and research."
Bokova is the first woman to head UNESCO. As a former Bulgarian
diplomat and member of Parliament she is also the first UNESCO chief
from Eastern Europe.
The UQ-hosted UNESCO World Press Freedom Day conference will be the
first such event in the Pacific, and will be a feature of the
university's 2010 centenary celebrations.
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