UN Proposal: Freedom of Press

[Boktavia II]

Freedom of Press

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
 

Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Tuesday Heights

Description: CONVINCED that the freedom of press is a vital part of every nation's fundamental right of expression and a vital part of every human's right to the truth and knowledge of one's given country and one's perception of other countries. Freedom of press allows objective members of society to highlight the good and the bad of a given nation and to allow for members of that nation and members not of that nation to see an unbiased account of the current state of a given country.

DEEPLY DISTURBED by the quality of information on the state of the union in every member nation is widely disregarded to ignorance by the world because of lack of knowledge. Freedom of the press gives precedence to expanding the knowledge base of the current state of member and non-member nations alike.

CONDEMNING the misinformation of governments to the world that wish not to share the everyday occurrences in a given country through strict control of what can and cannot be reported by all forms of the press.

1. APPEALS to all member nations to enact legislature to allow immediate freedom of the press within their borders.

2. URGES all member nations to send the press to neighboring countries, far away countries, and even to areas of combat to bring back the full story to its citizens.

3. RECOMMENDS all members promote and expand the reaches of press within their given countries so that all citizens have some access to the news.

4. SUPPORTS all member nations in an effort to expand their news capabilities with needed funds, government assistance, and trade agreements to conform to the new standards of freedom of press.

[Henneth annun]

I, Mr.NBC/OEE votes for it. Now guys I need a good debate for my article to go on. I need your guys quotes!Bring it on!

[TheSensitiveNewAge]

I do not like it. There are national happenings that do not need to be known beyond my borders. Also, it is the UN infringing on my right to rule my nation as I see fit. Lastly, reporters gain fame by reporting what people do what the masses to know, it would make reporting jobs too easy.

[Boktavia II]

I'm just going to post here so that it can get bumped, it doesn't seem like anybody's really noticing this.

[magitekknights]

The UN has no right to tell a country what it can and cannot say. to do so would only make the UN as bad or worse than the nations that suppress information.
If the UN really wants every body to have "unbiased" information about their nation then the UN should have its own media department.

[Henneth annun]

I've used TNSA's and MK's qoutes in my Newest NBC article. Check it out!s7.invisionfree.com/NBC/index.php?showtopic=78

[Boktavia II]

The Yes seems to have edged out the No on this one, so I will be voting for this proposal.

[Heftig]

It seems like a good resolution... Freedom of press is essentual to all human rights obliged nations.

2. URGES all member nations to send the press to neighboring countries, far away countries, and even to areas of combat to bring back the full story to its citizens.

This is going way too far though... Spreading the news is the original duty of the press itself and not the government.
How should the government decide which papers or which articles it should send to neighboring coutries?
Only the articles that make the government officials look good? Or should there be a committee that decides, just like in all those propaganda loving coutries?

[Mandrill]

TheSensitiveNewAge said:

Also, it is the UN infringing on my right to rule my nation as I see fit.

I agree with that, but to my opinion almost every UN proposal does; it lets the majority of nations choose which way of ruling should be followed and ofcourse that's not right.
Just wanted to say that.
I'm done now.

[TheSensitiveNewAge]

HeAnn, feel free to quote me from public boards.

General, curses, oh well, majority rule.

[Henneth annun]

It's good to express your views! Unfoutunatly, Tuesday Hieghts, the writer of Freedom of the Press, gave me some heat and this guy from wysteria defended me! This is fun!