Mr Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that today, 3 May, is the United Nations World Press Freedom Day;
2) further notes that this day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993, seeks to advance the values of freedom of opinion and expression, as stipulated in the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
3) acknowledges that this day honours the development and encouragement of initiatives by governments and private entities in favour of the freedom of the press, the promotion of an independent media and the opposition to measures that will constrain the said freedom;
4) further acknowledges that this day, which also emphasises the need for ethical conduct of media professionals, serves as a day of remembrance to all those who lost their lives serving this profession; and
5) affirms the importance of press freedom and the right to freedom of expression in South Africa as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic, and commits itself to further advancing these rights.
Agreed to.