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UNESCO Communication and Information Weekly Newsletter

• 24.06.16 UNESCO supports Press Council in Serbia to act against online copyrights infringement Serbian Press Council held a consultation with Serbian editors and journalists regarding the online copyrights infringement on 7th June 2016 in Belgrade. This activity was organized as part of the UNESCO EU-funded Project "Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey".

• 24.06.16 UNESCO contributes towards ICT skills development for improved practices in Djibouti A three-day workshop was held at the University of Djibouti from 12 to14 June 2016 to finalize the blended course for the University of Djibouti teaching staff on ICT integration in Education.

• 24.06.16 UNESCO publishes report on safety of Journalists in Kenya, based on the UNESCO Journalists' Safety Indicators UNESCO has just published a study report titled: Supporting Safety of Journalists in Kenya: An assessment based on UNESCO's Journalist Safety Indicators. The report documents the national state of journalist's safety and the issue of impunity by providing an overview of the safety situation of journalists in Kenya. It also points out the context of safety and the responsibility of all stakeholders in addressing the issue of journalists' safety in the Kenya.

• 23.06.16 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Elidio Ramos Zárate in Mexico The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the killing of newspaper journalist Elidio Ramos Zárate in the Mexican state of Oaxaca on 19 June.

• 23.06.16 Promote youth prospects, UNESCO Director urges To stop the radicalization of youth for violence, society needs to promote the prospects for young people online and offline, and especially freedom of expression.

• 22.06.16 Global MIL Week 2016: UNESCO calls for papers and presentations Evolving over four decades, the research on Media and Information Literacy (MIL) has made tremendous contribution to understanding this field. However, this is still an evolving research area. There is evidence of rapid development and great potential for growth.

• 22.06.16 UNESCO promotes universal access to digital information for persons with disabilities at the COSP9 in New York On 15 June 2016, UNESCO, in collaboration with UNDESA and OHCHR organized a side event entitled "Universal Access to Information using ICTs with Disabilities: Digital Empowerment for Inclusive Development" during the ninth session of the Conference of States to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP9) at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

• 22.06.16 Living in shifting media and information landscape On 27 June, the Second European Media and Information Literacy Forum (MIL) will kick off in Riga, Latvia. How can Media and Information Literacy be used in this shifting media landscape to ensure open and secure societies? This is the opening theme of the Forum that will, throughout three days, explore many different angles and approaches of MIL in Europe, but also in the world.

• 22.06.16 Director-General urges investigation into murder of broadcast journalist Luka Popov in Serbia The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the killing of radio journalist Luka Popov in northern Serbia on 16 June.

• 22.06.16 Director-General condemns killing of journalist Jay Torres in Texas, USA The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called for an investigation into the killing of Jacinto Hernández Torres, also known as Jay Torres, a Spanish-language journalist in Texas.

• 22.06.16 A panel discussed online hate speech and youth radicalization last week in Bonn UNESCO, in partnership with the German National Commission for UNESCO, hosted a session on Combatting Online Hate Speech and Youth Radicalization in Bonn (Germany), on 14 June 2016, within the framework of the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum.

• 21.06.16 The world's documentary heritage: An invaluable asset and a responsibility for all Faced with the growing danger of loss of valuable archival and library collections and material, that determine the world's legacy of knowledge, identity and history of humankind, UNESCO's Member States have unanimously adopted at the 38th session of the General Conference, in November 2015, a first-ever standard-setting instrument on the protection of the world's documentary heritage - the 'UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage Including in Digital Form'.

• 21.06.16 UNESCO contributes to advancing digital security of journalists Frank La Rue, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, participated in the side-event on Safety of Journalists that took place in the framework of the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on 16 June in Geneva, Switzerland. Organized by the Government of Austria and Article 19, the event was titled "Advancing digital security and the protection of journalists' sources".

• 20.06.16 IFAP fosters open government through media and information literacy More than 100 experts from 45 countries gathered in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation from 6 to 10 June, 2016 for the first IFAP international conference on "Media and Information Literacy for Building a Culture of Open Government".

• 20.06.16 UNESCO training for press councils of South East Europe and Turkey on online media ethics On 9 and 10 June 2016, representatives of the press councils from South East Europe and Turkey gathered in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to explore the legal and ethical complexities of journalism and public-interest reporting in the digital age. The two-days training seminar was hosted by the Press Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the UNESCO EU-funded Project "Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey".

• 20.06.16 Director-General deplores death of journalist Osama Jumaa in Syria The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today denounced the killing of journalist Osama Jumaa in the city of Aleppo on 5 June.

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