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Mr Ambrose Dery (middle), Minister for the Interior, in a discussion with Mr Charles Paul Abani (right), United Nations Resident Coordinator, after the opening ceremony of the dialogue on the protection of asylum seekers and refugees. Looking on is Prof. Ken Attafuah (left), Executive Secretary, National Identification Authority (NIA). Picture: Maxwell Ocloo
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The Minister for the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has called for collaboration among partner institutions in refugee protection to ensure that the rights of refugees, as well as the security of the state, are not compromised.
He said while securing the rights of asylum seekers at the various entry points, there was the need to ensure that the laws of the land and the security of the state were not overlooked.
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Mr António Guterres, has urged all governments around the world to do everything in their power to support a free, independent and diverse media.
According to him, that was the only guaranteed way of combating misinformation and disinformation in an era that inaccuracies and falsehood in the media space was rife.
In a message on World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), commemorated yesterday, the secretary-general underscored the importance of reliable, verified and accessible information, emphasising that: “Free and independent journalism is our greatest ally in combatting misinformation and disinformation.’’
He said as had been seen during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises, it was the journalists who had helped the world navigate through the overwhelming plethora of information and helped deal with false, dangerous information.
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BY: Rosalind K. Amoh
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An awards ceremony and adoption of a communique will climax this year’s global commemoration of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in Windhoek, Namibia, today.
The climax follows six days of deliberations by journalists representing various countries and other stakeholders who have convened in the Namibian capital to commemorate this year’s event and also mark the 30th anniversary of the WPFD.
To be known as the Windhoek + 30 Declaration, the Global Conference, in adopting the communique, will call for an urgent need to address the threat of extinction faced by local news media around the world, a crisis worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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