博科娃总干事2016年国际普遍获取信息日致辞_其他

博科娃总干事2016年国际普遍获取信息日致辞

Equal and universal access to information is a powerful engine for positive change, widening opportunities to overcome inequalities, to reach the marginalised, to create and share knowledge, to discover other cultures, to strengthen the foundations of democratic institutions. In a globalising world, this right must be respected offline and online – the digital revolution must be a development revolution, drawing on the empowering force of new information and communication technologies, for inclusion and innovation.

平等并普遍获取信息，是积极变革的主要推动力，为战胜不平等、惠及边缘化群体、创造与分享知识、发现其他文化以及巩固民主制度根基，提供了更多的机遇。在一个全球化的世界，这项权利无论是在线上还是在线下，都应该得到尊重。数字革命必须是一场发展的革命，有赖于发挥新的信息通信技术的能动作用，为包容和创新服务。

This means breaking down all barriers to access, in connectivity, in skills. This is the importance of strong freedom of information laws and their effective implementation. It was 250 years ago that contemporary Sweden and Finland adopted the world’s first right to information legislation, as recognised in the 2016 World Press Freedom Day Finlandia Declaration. To move forward, we must empower all women and men with awareness of their right of access to information, and we must advance media and information literacy skills so that all can harness this right for sustainable development.