In a first for Australia and the Pacific, The University of Queensland has won the right to host UNESCO's global World Press Freedom Day conference and Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize-giving ceremony in 2010.
Announcing UNESCO's decision to stage the World Press Freedom Day headline event in Brisbane next year, Director-General Koichiro Matsuura said his organisation was "proud to hold this ceremony in your wonderful country, and for the first time in the Pacific region".
The UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organisation or institution that has made an outstanding and courageous contribution to the defence and/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world.
The theme of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2010 is 'Freedom of Information: The Right to Know', and UQ's conference will focus particularly on freedom of expression issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
Courtesy of UQ News.
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