Journalists, media entrepreneurs, government and civil society representatives, academics, and students met last week in UNESCOs Montevideo Office to analyze and evaluate the situation of media, development and poverty reduction in Uruguay and the region, and to make recommendations for UNESCOs action in this context.
The meeting on 15 June - one of UNESCOs many activities to celebrate World Press Freedom Day - was organized around three roundtables on freedom of expression, sustainable development and poverty reduction, media and poverty reduction from a regional perspective, and access to communication, citizen participation and poverty reduction.
The seminar has very much advanced our understanding of the relation between press freedom and poverty reduction in a practical way, and in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, says UNESCO's Günter Cyranek.
The Opening Ceremony of teh meeting was chaired by Marina Arismendi, Social Development Minister; Carlos Alvarez, President of MERCOSURs Permanent Representatives Commission, and Jorge Grandi, Director of UNESCOs Regional Office for Science for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source: UNESCO.
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