Adopted yesterday at conclusion of the international conference convened at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters to mark World Press Freedom Day, the Declaration calls for freedom of expression, press freedom, independent media and access to information to be fully integrated into the sustainable development agenda that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) next year.

World Press Freedom Day, designated as May 3rd in 1993 by the UN General Assembly, was marked over the weekend in about 100 countries and UNESCO held the international conference, “Media Freedom For a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, from 5 to 6 May in Paris. More than 300 participants from almost 90 countries took part in the deliberations, including several Permanent Delegations to UNESCO.

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