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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Ambassador Urbańczyk
16 March 2021
On 12 March, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Janusz Urbańczyk, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the OSCE, to discuss current challenges and threats to media freedom in the OSCE region.
Ribeiro and Urbańczyk exchanged views on the impact of the current pandemic on free speech and media sustainability. They also explored how the organization can be more effective when it comes to advancing key priorities of the Representative on Freedom of the Media. Ribeiro and Urbańczyk underlined that more dialogue and effective multilateralism are needed in order to uphold OSCE commitments, in particular on freedom of expression and freedom of the media.