[LINK] Fwd: UN hosts conference on safeguarding freedom of expression on the internet

[Antony Barry]

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> From: "UN News Service" <UNNews at UN.Org>
> Date: 4 February 2005 6:00:18 AM
> To: <news11 at list.un.org>
> Subject: UN HOSTS CONFERENCE ON SAFEGUARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON  
> THE INTERNET
> Reply-To: <UNNews at UN.Org>
>
> UN HOSTS CONFERENCE ON SAFEGUARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON THE  
> INTERNET
> New York, Feb  3 2005  2:00PM
> In fulfilment of its mandate to nurture the democratic debate, the  
> United Nations cultural agency today convened 150 media professionals,  
> policy-makers and freedom of expression advocates to consider ways of  
> safeguarding that freedom on the Internet.
>
> The two-day meeting at the Paris headquarters of the UN Educational,  
> Scientific and Cultural Organization  
> (<"http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php- 
> URL_ID=1789&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">UNESCO) is part of  
> the preparation for the final phase of the World Summit on the  
> Information Society (<"http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html">WSIS)  
> scheduled to take place in November in Tunisia.
>
> The meeting was scheduled to hear from speakers on topics ranging from  
> freedom of expression on the web, by examining such issues as lack of  
> access, low information literacy and deliberate restrictions on the  
> free flow of information, to the use of the Internet in the political  
> process and whether legitimate concerns, such as fear of terrorism,  
> could justify limiting the free flow of information.
>
> Other subjects to be covered include the impact and social  
> consequences flowing from restrictions and regulations on news media  
> on the Internet, and the issue of continuing to contribute content to  
> the Internet despite the codes some are trying to impose.
>  2005-02-03 00:00:00.000
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