Last Updated: May 26, 1999
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ASNE on the move
ASNE opposes ‘Human Responsibilities’ statement
The ASNE president has also expressed the Society’s opposition to the
proposed "Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities," a plan developed
by the InterAction Council to be presented to the United Nations General
Assembly. Rowe said this declaration could be used to by governments to
restrict freedom of the press around the world.
In a letter to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
Bill Richardson, Rowe stated, in part:
I’m writing to express dismay that the United Nations General Assembly
may be preparing to consider yet another proposal aimed at giving governments
control over the press and establishing a philosophical justification for
limiting the right of their citizens to freedom of speech and thought.
Although this measure is couched in reassuring words, it is plainly
another attempt to revive restrictive notions like those suggested in the
discredited New World Information Order.
