16APPF-RES-20-Protecting-the-right-of-free-speech.pdf
16th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIA – PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM
21 – 24 January 2008, Auckland, New Zealand
APPF16/RES/20
(Sponsored by New Zealand)
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM
Recalling that Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948, asserts the right of all people to freedom of opinion and expression;
Supporting the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in building human rights capacity at the regional level;
Recognising the importance of free speech in allowing full participation in society;
Accepting the universality, indivisibility, inter-relatedness and inter-dependence of human rights;
RESOLVES TO: