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SUMMARY:International Day of Democracy
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julio Moraga":julio@moraga.se
DESCRIPTION:\n	(A/RES/62/7)\n\n\n\n	UNESCO has reported that 85 per cent
	 of the world’s population experienced a decline in press freedom in the
	ir country in the past five years.\n\n\n\n	Media globally are increasingly
	 facing attacks\, online and offline\, increasing detention\; the use of d
	efamation laws as well as cybersecurity or hate speech laws to curb online
	 expression\; the growing use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Partici
	pation Laws (SLAPPS) and surveillance technologies\; to target them and ha
	mper their work. The COVID-19 crisis has also shown how it has become more
	 critical than ever for media to gather and evaluate facts and fight disin
	formation. Equally critical is ensuring online safety and security.\n\n\n\
	n	Women journalists are particularly impacted. UNESCO and the Internationa
	l Center for Journalists (ICFJ) found that 73 percent of 714 women-identif
	ying journalists from 125 countries have reported experiencing online viol
	ence in the course of their work.\n\n\n\n	Attempts to silence journalists 
	are growing more brazen by the day and they often pay the ultimate price. 
	From 2016 to the end of 2021\, UNESCO recorded the killings of 455 journal
	ists\, who either died for their work or while on the job.\n\n\n\n	In \"Ou
	r Common Agenda\,\" the Secretary General emphasized the importance of civ
	il society in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Civil society i
	s essential in ensuring a free\, independent and pluralistic media. From G
	ambia to Ukraine and Tunisia to Sri Lanka\, civil society organizations ha
	ve been drafting legal frameworks for access to information\; combating ha
	te speech\, supporting local citizen journalism\; fighting mis- and dis-in
	formation\; and supporting media rights. \n\n\n\n	This year marks also th
	e 10th anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists a
	nd the Issue of Impunity. However\, more needs to be done to reinforce its
	 implementation as a multi-stakeholder coordination framework to protect j
	ournalists and fight impunity. In his message on World Press Freedom Day U
	N Secretary General António Guterres has urged governments\, media organi
	zations and technology companies everywhere to support the work of the med
	ia in speaking truth to power\, exposing lies\, and building strong\, resi
	lient institutions and societies.\n\n
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