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== Background ==
On December 10, 1948, Article 19 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] was adopted and proclaimed by the [[United Nations General Assembly]] as Resolution 217 A (III). It stated that "''Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.''"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html |title=Universal Declaration of Human Rights |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208080853/http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html |archivedate=2014-12-08 |df= }}</ref>
In 1977, UNESCO initiated the International Commission for the Study of Communications Problems, known as the [[MacBride Commission]] and named after the Commission's Chairman [[Sean MacBride]]. The Commission was given a three-year time frame to conduct investigations and report back to UNESCO. In October 1980, the report ''Many Voices, One World'' was presented at the Belgrade Assembly.
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