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The Colombo Declaration calling for freedom of the press to be recognised as a core element in development strategies was recently adopted at an international conference on media, development and poverty eradication, held to commemorate the ‘World Press Freedom Day! According to Koichiro Matsuura, director general, UNESCO, “This year, World Press Freedom Day is dedicated to the consideration of how protecting and furthering the fundamental human rights of freedom of expression and press freedom can assist in assuring another human right — the right to be free from poverty.”
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