CHARTER FOR A FREE PRESS
WHEREAS
the Charter for a Free Press adopted at the 1987 London
Voices of Freedom conference called by the World Press Freedom
Committee and co-sponsored by IAPA embodies freepress principles approved there by journalists from 34 countries
these provisions represent fundamental principles necessary
to ensure free and independent news media, stating among other things that censorship, direct or indirect, is unacceptable
the fullest realization of the principles of the Charter for a
Free Press is an enduring goal of IAP A for news media in all
countries
THE 48th GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES
to endorse the principles of the Charter for a Free Press
and urges support of these principles by all those sharing
IAPA's commment to a free press and to the advancement of
democratic institutions everywhere.
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