Foreign Minister Kamilov to attend Global Conference for Media Freedom in London

AKIPRESS.COM - The delegation of Uzbekistan led by Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will make a working visit to the UK from July 9-12 to attend the Global Conference for Media Freedom in London, the Foreign Ministry said.
The visit program includes bilateral meetings and talks with British government officials.
The Global Conference for Media Freedom in 2019 will be the first of its kind. It will take place 10 to 11 July 2019 in London.
Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jeremy Hunt, the UK Foreign Secretary, will co-host the conference. It is part of an international campaign to shine a global spotlight on media freedom and increase the cost to those that are attempting to restrict it.
The conference will be structured around 4 themes: protection and prosecution, including impunity; national frameworks and legislation; building trust in media and countering disinformation; media sustainability.
Global leaders, representatives from the media industry, journalists, civil society and academia will gather to attend interactive panel discussions. The first day will focus on defining the challenges, the second on framing solutions. Commonwealth Foreign Ministers will also meet to discuss media freedom.