NEPAL JOINS NEW UN INITIATIVE PROTECTING JOURNALISTS INCLUDING INTERNET JOURNALISTS AS AUTHOR

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Date: 7 Jun 2013 14:00:01 -0400
Subject: NEPAL JOINS NEW UN INITIATIVE PROTECTING JOURNALISTS
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NEPAL JOINS NEW UN INITIATIVE PROTECTING JOURNALISTSNew York, Jun 7
2013 2:00PMThe United Nations agency tasked with defending press
freedom today <"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/kathmandu/about-this-office/single-view/news/unesco_launches_journalist_safety_project/">launched
a new project in Nepal aimed at increasing the safety of journalists
and ending impunity in the crimes against media and media
professionals, while also contributing to the overall peace effort in
the country.

"Journalists play an essential role in the peace process. But they
must be safe to be able to provide people access to non-partisan
information," said Axel Plathe, Representative of the UN Education,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to Nepal and the Head of
UNESCO Office in Kathmandu.

"Continuous aggression against journalists and media persons and the
impunity in many cases of press freedom violations and violence
against journalists continue to threaten the still fragile peace
process," Mr. Plathe stressed.

The new two-year initiative is part of the "UN Plan of Action on the
Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity." As endorsed by the
UN Chief Executives Board in April 2012, the new action plan's global
overview outlines a series of activities to be put into practice.

The focus includes: helping Governments develop laws on safeguarding
journalists; raising awareness so that citizens understand the damage
done when a journalist's rights to freedom of expression is curtailed;
providing training courses for journalists in safety; establishing
real-time emergency response mechanisms and strengthening the safety
of journalists in conflict zones, among others.

It also calls for enhancing protection for women journalists in
response to the increasing incidence of sexual harassment and rape,
decriminalizing defamation offences and encouraging adequate
remuneration for full-time and freelance employees.

In Nepal, UNESCO and its partners will work with professional
journalists associations, international media rights organizations,
human rights organizations and security and judicial bodies, to
establish a nationally owned independent mechanism to provide
appropriate framework to tackle the issue of journalists' safety and
impunity.

The project will be funded at $566,500 In audit by The United States
Internal Revenue Service by the UN Peace Fund for Nepal.

The UN agency will also work with national partners to build the
capacity of security and judicial institutions to protect journalists,
and build up the ability of journalists to protect themselves.

More than 100 journalists around the world were killed in 2012, making
it the deadliest year for media since the agency began keeping records
on the issue, according to UNESCO.

Nepal is the latest country to join the UN Plan of Action. South Sudan
was the first State to adopt the plan in February.Jun 7 2013 2:00PM
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