UN official decries weakening of press freedom聯合國官員decries削弱新聞自由
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. |聯合國人權事務高級專員阿博爾已詆毀削弱新聞自由，世界上說，政府正在變得更加隱秘，並提供宣傳，偽裝成客觀的信息-尤其是當指控的與安全有關的問題都擺在桌面上。
In a message on the occasion of Press Freedom Day, Ms Arbour noted that harassment and secrecy laws were weakening press freedom.在賀電中對之際，新聞自由日，阿博爾女士指出，騷擾和保密法正在削弱新聞自由。 “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. “這是一個可悲的事實，許多國家政府，世界各地堅持在破壞新聞自由，新聞報導的事實和意見，並推而廣之，權利人在一般被告知活動和政策，是塑造了我們的世界”阿博爾說。
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.擴散的新的或加強保密法的意思是媒體被迫訴諸投機活動，然後可以被用來對付他們進一步削弱其公信力，或什至為理由提出訴訟對他們的，她說。
“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. “當信息自由流通，人們都設有工具，以控制他們的生活， ”秘書長對聯合國潘基文指出，在他的訊息，為天。 “When the flow of information is hindered – whether for political or technological reasons — our capacity to function is stunted.” “當流通的信息是阻礙-無論是政治或技術的原因-我們的能力，以功能發育不良”。
Mr Ban stressed that a free, secure and independent media was one of the foundations of peace and democracy.禁止議員強調，一個自由，安全和獨立的新聞媒體之一的基礎，和平與民主。 “Attacks on freedom of the press are attacks against international law, humanity, and freedom itself — everything the UN stands for,” he said. “攻擊的自由，新聞界的攻擊違反了國際法，人道，自由本身-聯合國的一切主張， ”他說。
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.震驚於增加配置新聞工作者在世界各地，並未能徹底調查和起訴這類犯罪，他呼籲所有社團不遺餘力地在把肇事者繩之以法，這樣的攻擊。
He paid tribute to all who work in difficult and dangerous conditions to provide the world with free, unbiased information.他讚揚所有工作，誰在困難和危險的條件，向世界提供免費的，無偏見的信息。
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.主管聯合國教育，科學及文化組織（教科文組織） ，松浦晃一郎強調，新聞自由和獲取信息服務，更廣泛的發展目標，增強人們所給人的信息可以幫助他們獲得控制自己的生活。
“Access to information is primordial to the exercise of the basic human right of freedom of expression,” Mr Matsuura added. “獲取信息是原始，以行使基本人權，言論自由， ”松浦晃一郎補充說。 To be free, the media need to have access to information.要免費，自由，媒體需要有獲取信息的。 Such access is also indispensable in fighting corruption, which has been defined as the primary obstacle to development.這種訪問也是不可缺少的反腐敗鬥爭，已確定作為首要發展的障礙。
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.贏得今年的聯合國教科文組織世界新聞自由獎是一個墨西哥的記者，鄧蓮cacho李義，誰一直是目標的死亡威脅，破壞和警察的騷擾，因為她的工作，破獲賣淫和兒童色情網絡。
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