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Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 5.04 GMT |
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UNESCO withdraws patronage to RSF |
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UNESCO has withdrawn its patronage of the Online
Free Expression Day, organized by the
non-governmental organization, Reporters Sans
frontiers (RSF).
UNESCO reiterates its support for freedom of
expression on the internet but felt compelled to
withdraw patronage following the publication of
information by RSF which did not follow the
arrangements agreed upon between the two
organizations concerning the event, said a press
release issued by the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris
yesterday (12)
The statement said that UNESCO could not endorse
material published by RSF concerning a number of its
Member States. Further, it objected to the use of
UNESCO’s logo along with the above material.
Political observers say that, interestingly, the RSF
blacklist did not include a single Western country,
and that its fire was concentrated on the so-called
Third World .
RSF has several times published wrong information
about Sri Lanka in a bid to tarnish its image.
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