Freedom of Information and of the Press: Draft International Code of Ethics

A/RES/635(VII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1953.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Codes of Conduct Conferences Ethics Freedom of Information Freedom of the Press

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General, if a representative group of information enterprises and of national and international professional associations expresses a desire to do so, to co-operate with it in organizing an international professional conference for the purpose of:

Preparing and adopting a final text of an International Code of Ethics ;

( b) Taking such further steps concerning implementation of the Code as it may deem advisable ;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the text of the present resolution to the notice of the information enterprises and national and international professional associations to which he communicated the draft Code.

403rd plnuwy meeting,

16 D,cember 1952.

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

403rd plnuwy meeting,

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