UNESCO and the Ministry of Information facilitated a consultation meeting on the Right to Information (RTI) Law in Yangon on 9 March 2016, the UN body said in a statement. The meeting was widely attended by diverse stakeholders, including News Media Council (NMC), journalist associations, media houses, national and international Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and senior representatives of the National League for Democracy (NLD).
The meeting was opened by Sardar Umar Alam, Head of Office, UNESCO Myanmar, who noted that the objective of the consultation was to provide a platform to build a common understanding on the core principles comprising the Right to Information (RTI) Law for Myanmar, and to deliberate on the strengths and weaknesses of the draft prepared by the Ministry of Information. The draft law was shared with CSOs and Media stakeholders prior to the meeting, and various stakeholders including Centre for Law and Democracy, Article 19, SEAPA, Mizzima Media Group and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative provided in-depth technical feedback, and recommendations to overcome the gaps and shortfalls of the draft law for further discussion at the meeting. (Courtesy of Mizzima)
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