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The role of the media in times of crisis

Amendment No. 1 | Doc. 15437 | 22 January 2022

Signatories:
Mr Andrey EPISHIN, Russian Federation, NR ; Mr Aleksandr BASHKIN, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Maria BUTINA, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Olga KAZAKOVA, Russian Federation, NR ; Mr Sergey KISLYAK, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Irina RUKAVISHNIKOVA, Russian Federation, NR ; Ms Svetlana ZHUROVA, Russian Federation, NR
Origin
2022 - First part-session
In the draft resolution, paragraph 1, replace the second and third sentences with the following sentences:

"The media must provide citizens with accurate, comprehensive and high-quality information, this being both a right and a duty. It is vital for citizens to have access, through the media, to relevant, clear and fact-based information on the crises, as this can have a decisive impact on society’s ability to cope effectively with tense situations such as health crises, environmental disasters, acts of terrorism, social violence or armed conflicts."

Explanatory note

All media should provide citizens with accurate and correct

information, as well as contribute to the development of an adequate understanding of crisis phenomena. Citizens need access to unbiased, objective and fact-based information.