[WSIS CS-Plenary] Highway Africa Declaration

[Chris Kabwato]

Dear Colleagues,

Highway Africa is an annual conference hosted in South Africa, bringing
together journalists and new media practitioners from across the African
continent. The conference aims to put African media into the centre of
debates about ICTs and the Global Information Society.  The 2003 conference,
in Grahamstown 8-10 September 2003 produced a declaration on the Information
Society, having taken cognisance of the following declarations and charters:

1.	The Windhoek Declaration on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic
African Press (3 May 1991).
2.	The 1997 Dakar Declaration on the Internet and African media;
3.	The 2001 Yaoundé Declaration
4.	African Charter on Broadcasting (2001)
5.	Highway Africa Charter on African Media & the Digital Divide (2002)
6.	Bamako Declaration (2002).
7.	Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa (2002)

Please see the attached copy of the Declaration.

We hope to use this declaration as an advocacy tool within and without WSIS.

Regards,



Chris Kabwato
Highway Africa

www.highwayafrica.org.za

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