May 3, 2013: World Press Freedom Day

May 4, 2013

World Press Freedom Day celebrated its 20th anniversary in on May 3, 2013. The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2013 was “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media”. The United Nation General Assembly declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day in December, 1993 following a recommendation adopted at the 26th session of UNESCO’s General Conference.
Objective:

Celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom,
Raise the awareness of importance of press freedom around the world,
Defend the media from attacks on their independence,
Pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in exercise of their profession,
Encourage and develop initiatives in favour of press freedom.

UNESCO marks World Press Freedom Day as an opportunity to honor notable contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom across the world by UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award.
Ethiopian Journalist Reeyot Alemu was honoured by 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize for her “exceptional workings on the root causes of poverty, and gender equality’.

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