UN official decries weakening of press freedom联合国官员decries削弱新闻自由
Dawn黎明 | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has decried weakening of press freedom world over, saying that governments are becoming more secretive and offering propaganda disguised as objective information — especially when alleged security-related issues are on the table. |联合国人权事务高级专员阿博尔已诋毁削弱新闻自由，世界上说，政府正在变得更加隐秘，并提供宣传，伪装成客观的信息-尤其是当指控的与安全有关的问题都摆在桌面上。
In a message on the occasion of Press Freedom Day, Ms Arbour noted that harassment and secrecy laws were weakening press freedom.在贺电中对之际，新闻自由日，阿博尔女士指出，骚扰和保密法正在削弱新闻自由。 “It is a sad fact that many governments across the world persist in undermining the freedom of the press to report facts and opinions and, by extension, the right of people in general to be informed about events and policies that are shaping our world,” Louise Arbour said. “这是一个可悲的事实，许多国家政府，世界各地坚持在破坏新闻自由，新闻报道的事实和意见，并推而广之，权利人在一般被告知活动和政策，是塑造了我们的世界”阿博尔说。
The proliferation of new or strengthened secrecy laws meant that the media were forced to resort to speculation, which can then be used against them to further undermine their credibility, or even as a justification for initiating legal proceedings against them, she said.扩散的新的或加强保密法的意思是媒体被迫诉诸投机活动，然后可以被用来对付他们进一步削弱其公信力，或什至为理由提出诉讼对他们的，她说。
“When information flows freely, people are equipped with tools to take control of their lives,” Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon noted in his message for the day. “当信息自由流通，人们都设有工具，以控制他们的生活， ”秘书长对联合国潘基文指出，在他的讯息，为天。 “When the flow of information is hindered – whether for political or technological reasons — our capacity to function is stunted.” “当流通的信息是阻碍-无论是政治或技术的原因-我们的能力，以功能发育不良”。
Mr Ban stressed that a free, secure and independent media was one of the foundations of peace and democracy.禁止议员强调，一个自由，安全和独立的新闻媒体之一的基础，和平与民主。 “Attacks on freedom of the press are attacks against international law, humanity, and freedom itself — everything the UN stands for,” he said. “攻击的自由，新闻界的攻击违反了国际法，人道，自由本身-联合国的一切主张， ”他说。
Alarmed at the increasing targeting of journalists around the world, and the failure to thoroughly investigate and prosecute such crimes, he called on all societies to spare no effort in bringing to justice the perpetrators of such attacks.震惊于增加配置新闻工作者在世界各地，并未能彻底调查和起诉这类犯罪，他呼吁所有社团不遗余力地在把肇事者绳之以法，这样的攻击。
He paid tribute to all who work in difficult and dangerous conditions to provide the world with free, unbiased information.他赞扬所有工作，谁在困难和危险的条件，向世界提供免费的，无偏见的信息。
The head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), Koichiro Matsuura, stressed that press freedom and access to information served the wider development objective of empowering people by giving people the information that could help them gain control over their own lives.主管联合国教育，科学及文化组织（教科文组织） ，松浦晃一郎强调，新闻自由和获取信息服务，更广泛的发展目标，增强人们所给人的信息可以帮助他们获得控制自己的生活。
“Access to information is primordial to the exercise of the basic human right of freedom of expression,” Mr Matsuura added. “获取信息是原始，以行使基本人权，言论自由， ”松浦晃一郎补充说。 To be free, the media need to have access to information.要免费，自由，媒体需要有获取信息的。 Such access is also indispensable in fighting corruption, which has been defined as the primary obstacle to development.这种访问也是不可缺少的反腐败斗争，已确定作为首要发展的障碍。
The winner of this year’s Unesco World Press Freedom Prize is a Mexican reporter, Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, who has been a target of death threats, sabotage and police harassment because of her work uncovering prostitution and child pornography networks.赢得今年的联合国教科文组织世界新闻自由奖是一个墨西哥的记者，邓莲cacho李义，谁一直是目标的死亡威胁，破坏和警察的骚扰，因为她的工作，破获卖淫和儿童色情网络。
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