The role of the media in times of crisis

Amendment No. 4 | 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 8, replace the third and fourth sentences with the following sentence:

"It is important that all the producers and distributors of information including media and Internet intermediaries behave in a responsible and human rights compliant manner while producing and disseminating news".

Explanatory note

Explanation: This resolution is intended to provide governments with guidelines for behaviour in the information sphere in a crisis, but not just to identify the problem.