Janis Karklins’
Remarks at Panel Discussion
Wednesday 4 May 2011
New York, USA
自动套用格式NOTE:Opening Remarks will be made by H.E. Mr. Wilfried I. Emvula, Permanent Reprentative of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations. This was originally to be followed by a statement by the Reprentative of the Cano 2011 Prize winner, Mr. Ahmad Zeidabadi. However, Mr. Zeidabadi had requested that no statement be made on his behalf. Mr. Richard Coffin, journalist with France Television, is still scheduled to make an appeal.
戏剧种类BACKGROUND
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不胜感谢When African journalists met in the capital of the newly independent state of Namibia in 1991, the social effervescence that was sweeping much of the world in the wake of the Cold War had spread to t
he African Continent. Despite the toll taken by the multiple conflicts that ravaged the region in the previous decade, there was a n of hope, expectation and a strong will among civil society to grasp this moment to craft a new future.
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The Windhoek Declaration was inspired by the global move towards democratization and the recognition that an independent, pluralistic and unfettered media was indispensable for the future of the every nation aspiring to democracy and social equity. Whilst there have been important advances for press freedom far too many restrictions exist in the form of censorship, lack of access to public information and harassment, intimidation and outright attacks on journalists, that hinder press freedom and thwart economic and political development in far too many countries.
And now, two decades after the historic the Windhoek Declaration, media is once again at the centre of a new wave of change. This time citizens and journalists, grasping new tools of social connectivity, are crafting collective voices, and clamouring for change and a role in the future of their respective nations.
PANELLISTS
Gwen Lister, Editor of The Namibian
Gwen Lister’s efforts to support the principle of press freedom in Namibia, both before and after independence, and her determination to defend the public’s right to know have never wavered despite concerted efforts to silence her through harassment and intimidation. Lister is also co-founder and former chairwoman of the Media Institute of Southern Africa,
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古代的书which fosters free, independent and diver media throughout Southern Africa. Gwen is one of the architects of the Windhoek Declaration and can address the zeitgeist then and now.
Waddah Khanfar , Managing director of Al-Jazeera Channel
Mr Khanfar is Palest inian Jordanian who has covered the world’s significant political zones for Al Jazeera Channel since 1997. During 2001 and 2002 he was a war correspondent in Afghanistan and during the war in Irak, he reported from Kurdish-controlled territory in the North. Later he was appointed Baghdad Bureau Chief, re-establishing rvice in the wake of Iraq’s new political landscape. In 2003, he became managing director of Al-Jazeera Channel, which was ranked the wor
ld’s fifth most influential brand in 2005, by online m agazine Brand Channel, and director General of the channel’s network in 2006
Invited/Awaiting Visa: Alaa Abd El Fattah
Mr Abd El Fattah is a prominent Egyptian blogger, software developer, and democracy activist. In 2006, he was arrested during a peaceful protest which spoke out on behalf of an independent Egyptian judiciary. He was jailed for 45 days.五年级上册语文教案
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TALKING POINTS
Introduction
∙It is a pleasure and an honour to join you on the 20th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration.
迫在眉睫造句∙The guiding theme for this year, as you are aware is New Media – a topic that we look forward to discussing today with Ms Gwen Lister, Editor of the Namibian; Mr Waddah Khanfar, Managing Director of the Al Jazeera
Channel; and Mr Alaa Abd El Fattah, a prominent Egyptian blogger and
activist.
∙As you are aware, in 1992, African newspaper journalists drafted the Windhoek Declaration as a statement of press freedom principles. The元音舌位图
document was produced at a UNESCO minar, "Promoting an Independent
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and Pluralistic African Press," held in Windhoek, Namibia, from April 29 to May 3, 1991.
∙Yesterday afternoon, WPFD conference attendees and stakeholders gathered to draft the Washington Declaration, which takes the spirit of
Windhoek and applies it to the opportunities and obstacles that the media faces in the 21st Century, two decades after Windhoek.
∙The drafting of the document brought together media experts, NGOs, journalists, academics, interg
overnmental agencies, and the participants of World Press Freedom Day to draft a document that fully reflects the
challenges and potentials we face in ensuring press freedom.
Part I
∙In the intervening 20 years, media has evolved in multiple directions in a simultaneous fashion. The realm known as ‘media’ now c overs an expan that includes print, radio, broadcast, and digital. Tho that can participate in the newsgathering and news publishing process, thanks to technological advances that empower all individuals, are countless - innumerable.
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