World Press Freedom Day has its origins in a UNESCO conference in Windhoek in 1991. The event ended on 3 May with the adoption of the landmark Windhoek.
It is a day of remembrance of those journalists who lost their lives in the pursuit of a story. The UN General Assembly proclaimed World Press Day in December 1993. Since then, May 3, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek has been celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day.
It was in the year 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 as the World Press Freedom Day.
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