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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 .