World Press Freedom Day 2023 - UN Chief Message | United Nations

Video Message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on World Press Freedom Day (3 May) 2023.
"For three decades, on World Press Freedom Day, the international community has celebrated the work of journalists and media workers.
This day highlights a basic truth: all our freedom depends on press freedom.
Freedom of the press is the foundation of democracy and justice. It gives all of us the facts we need to shape opinions and speak truth to power. And as this year’s theme reminds us, press freedom represents the very lifeblood of human rights.
But in every corner of the world, freedom of the press is under attack.
Truth is threatened by disinformation and hate speech seeking to blur the lines between fact and fiction, between science and conspiracy.
The increased concentration of the media industry into the hands of a few, the financial collapse of scores of independent news organizations, and an increase of national laws and regulations that stifle journalists are further expanding censorship and threatening freedom of expression.
Meanwhile, journalists and media workers are directly targeted on and offline as they carry out their vital work. They are routinely harassed, intimidated, detained and imprisoned.
At least 67 media workers were killed in 2022 - an unbelievable 50 per cent increase over the previous year. Nearly three quarters of women journalists have experienced violence online, and one in four have been threatened physically.
Ten years ago, the United Nations established a Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists to protect media workers and end impunity for crimes committed against them.
On this and every World Press Freedom Day, the world must speak with one voice.
Stop the threats and attacks.
Stop detaining and imprisoning journalists for doing their jobs.
Stop the lies and disinformation.
Stop targeting truth and truth-tellers.
As journalists stand up for truth, the world stands with them".
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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.
After 30 years, the historic connection made between the freedom to seek, impart and receive information and the public good remains as relevant as it was at the time of its signing. Special commemorations of the 30th anniversary are planned to take place during World Press Freedom Day International Conference.
May 3 acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom. It is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics. It is an opportunity to:
celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom;
assess the state of press freedom throughout the world;
defend the media from attacks on their independence;
and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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We must say openly to each other the things we hold in our hearts and that too often are said only behind closed doors. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground. As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do today -- to speak the truth as best I can.

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‘Pakistan People's Party was voted into office, my father had started his modernization programs, redistributing the land held for generations by the feudal few among the many poor, educating the millions held down by ignorance, nationalizing the country's major industries, guaranteeing minimum wages and job security, and forbidding discrimination against women and minorities.’ *-Benazir Bhutto 🇵🇰*

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🦋You don’t always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too!

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“All truths that are kept silent become poisonous.” -Friedrich Nietzsche

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Rita Solari Inko-Tariah from Nigeria. Happy World Press Freedom Day 2023 to All.

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“Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.” - Pythagoras 🗿

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“Silence is a fence around wisdom.” *- Maimonides* 🗿

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🌏 Today, we’re reminded more than ever of the role we play-and the responsibility of our government--to ensure that we do not pass a world beyond repair on to our children. And that starts by not denying the evidence presented by scientists and climate activists around climate change. Thank you 😅

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“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” - Lao Tzu 🇨🇳

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"لْنتأملْ رسالة الصحافة، ولْنجددْ جهودنا لحماية حرية وسائل الإعلام - حتى يظل الإعلام بالنسبة للجميع منفعة عامة تسهم في إنقاذ الأرواح." --الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في رسالة بمناسبة اليوم العالمي لحرية الصحافة *- الأمم المتحدة 🇺🇳* (May 3, 2021)

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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.” - Pythagoras 🗿

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António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on World Press Freedom Day

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👏🏻 اليوم_العالمي_لحرية_الصحافة! --- هل تعلم؟ إن حرية الرأي والتعبير حق أساسي من حقوق الإنسان، على النحو المنصوص عليه في المادة 19 من الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان *- الأمم المتحدة 🇺🇳* (May 3, 2022)

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“The fight for the truth is important. There will come a day when you will see the result of your struggles” -Benazir Bhutto🇵🇰

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GREAT TRUTHS: No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. --Mark Twain (1866)

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GREAT TRUTHS: There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress. -- Mark Twain

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GREAT TRUTHS: Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.)

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GREAT TRUTHS: The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

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👩🏼‍🎓🇺🇳 "What is critical is not that we should have the same views on everything, nor that we should refrain from expressing our differences in a robust way. Rather it is that we should be tolerant of one another’s views and as leaders work towards uniting our nation on the basis of the founding consensus which underpinned our negotiated transition to democracy and the adoption of our new constitution." ~Nelson Mandela during an address at the opening of the President' Budget Debate, Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 March 1999

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Director General Maida Lynn N. Jaguit of United Nations

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FIVE BEST SENTENCES 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work, because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation! Can you think of a reason for not sharing this? Neither can I.

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GREAT TRUTHS: If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P. J. O'Rourke

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اليمن 🇾🇪: أعضاء مجلس الأمن الدولي يرحبون بالزيارة الأخيرة التي قام بها وفدان من المملكة العربية السعودية وسلطنة عمان إلى مدينة صنعاء، اليمن. "المحادثات تمثل خطوات قيمة باتجاه التوصل إلى وقف شامل لإطلاق النار وإجراء محادثات سياسية يمنية-يمنية جامعة". - 🇺🇳 UN News Arabic _-- أخبار الأمم المتحدة_ 🇺🇳

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“World Press Freedom Day” and “combatting “disinformation” should not be put together in the same statement

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***NO JUSTICE NO PEACE*** ****WHAT ARE YOU WAINTING FOR WORLD ..?****

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في اليوم العالمي لحرية الصحافة، الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة يشدد على أنه " لا وجود لمجتمعات ديمقراطية حقيقية دون حرية الصحافة. ولا وجود للحرية دون حرية الصحافة" قبل عشرة أعوام، وضعت الأمم المتحدة خطة عمل بشأن سلامة الصحفيين، الهدف منها هو حماية العاملين في وسائل الإعلام ووضع حدّ للإفلات من العقاب على الجرائم المرتكبة ضدهم. ويُعدّ اليوم العالمي لحرية الصحافة مناسبة لتكريم العمل الجوهري الذي تضطلع به وسائل الإعلام في مجاهرة المتربعين على السلطة بالحقيقة، وفضح الأكاذيب وبناء مؤسسات ومجتمعات متينة قادرة على الصمود. وناشد السيد غوتيريش الحكومات والمؤسسات الإعلامية وشركات التكنولوجيا في كل مكان "أن تدعم هذه الجهود الحاسمة." - 🇺🇳 UN News Arabic _-- أخبار الأمم المتحدة_ 🇺🇳 (4 مايو 2022)

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GREAT TRUTHS: What this country needs are more unemployed politicians --Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

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We want to change that - which is why we’re setting up programs that will connect small business leaders with resources from the public and private sector.

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According to article 21of the constitution of India from the year 2014to 2022 all the Elections Process FBI investigation is necessary through the UNO please protect the democracy in india

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GREAT TRUTHS: Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

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GREAT TRUTHS: Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Case, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

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GREAT TRUTHS: Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. --James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

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GREAT TRUTHS: I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. --Winston Churchill

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GOD BLESS YOU SECRETARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY GENERAL UNITED NATIONS AMÉN AMÉN AMÉN

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Sory about my English.Thanks UN Leaders and Every body

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This Is Trust of Trust

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Freedom of unbiased press… press that doesn’t present information with any political bias!

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Fight to Free Julian Assange

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Freedom - YES Permissiveness - NO

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What a joke!!!!!!!!!!

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👋 World Press Freedom Dayy(2023/ 3May).

[@India865]

أفغانستان 🇦🇫: بالإجماع... مجلس الأمن يصدر قرارا يدين حظر طالبان عمل الأفغانيات مع الأمم المتحدة في أفغانستان. ودعا المجلس إلى مشاركة النساء والفتيات الأفغانيات"مشاركة كاملة ومتساوية ومجدية وآمنة". - 🇺🇳 UN News Arabic _-- أخبار الأمم المتحدة_ 🇺🇳

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Speaking Words Spoken Sound ? Second Sound!

[@China-129]

“When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.” - Mark Twain 🇺🇲

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عبر تقنية تحويل النص المكتوب إلى صوت، استمع العالم إلى ديفيد سفريزي وهو ناشط مصاب بالتوحد وكاتب ومنتج الفيلم الوثائقي "دييج". "كنت أعتقد أن الحرية هي أن تكون مستقلا، والآن أدرك أن الحرية هي تلك المساحة التي تتيح لنا أن نتنفس وننمو." - 🇺🇳 UN News Arabic _-- أخبار الأمم المتحدة_ 🇺🇳 (3 أبريل 2019)

[@Wintersky136]

2:01 how about the government(s) stop misusing their powers and politicians stop misusing their given powers aswell! It’s not a problem of journalism, it’s a problem of “maintaining power & control”!