Everything about World Press Freedom Day totally explained
World Press Freedom Day (; ; ; ; ) is a day designated by the
United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of
freedom of the press and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to
freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Proclaimed by the
UN General Assembly in 1993, the day is celebrated each year on
3 May, the anniversary of the
Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of
free press principles put together by
African newspaper journalists in 1991.
UNESCO marks World Press Freedom Day by conferring the
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on a deserving individual, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger. Created in 1997, the prize is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of 14 news professionals. Names are submitted by regional and international
non-governmental organizations working for
press freedom, and by UNESCO member states.
The Prize is named in honour of
Guillermo Cano Isaza, a
Colombian
journalist who was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper,
El Espectador, in
Bogotá, on
17 December 1986. Cano's writings had offended Colombia's powerful drug barons.
UNESCO also marks World Press Freedom Day each year by bringing together media professionals, press freedom organisations and UN agencies to assess the state of press freedom worldwide and discuss solutions for addressing challenges. Each conference is centred around a theme related to press freedom, including good
governance, media coverage of
terrorism,
impunity and the role of media in post-
conflict countries.
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