Unesco event to mark World Press Freedom starts Thursday

Unesco event to mark World Press Freedom starts Thursday

* The programme will also witness the launch of the Arab Forum, 25 years after the Sana’a Declaration A series of panel discussions, presentations, and workshop will mark the start of World Press Freedom Day in Windhoek, Namibia, from Thursday (April 29), until May 3. The five-day event, hosted by UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in virtual and in-presence participation, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration on media pluralism and independence. Some of the topics that will be tackled include the *Emergency Measures to Support Media Hit by Covid-19, organised by Free Press Unlimited and the INGOs (international non-governmental organisations) consortium, *Is Independent Media a Public Good and is Public Subsidy to Support it Realistic? by BBC Media Action, *Promoting Freedom Online: Tackling Online Disinformation, by Freedom Online Coalition, and *Information and Democracy: developing concrete recommendations for the sustainability of journalism, organised by the Forum on Information and Democracy (with interpretation in English and Arabic).