[govinfo] President Carter disseminates Atlanta Declaration
- From: "Laura Neuman" <lneuman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opengovpartners@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <FOI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:45:03 -0400
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Dear Colleagues:
In July, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter forwarded the Atlanta Declaration
and Plan of Action for the Advancement of the Right to Information to all heads
of state and leaders of the major international organizations and financial
institutions. President Carter urged these leaders to ensure the right of
access to information and its implementation and enforcement. The Atlanta
Declaration and Plan of Action (please see attached) was the product of the
Carter Center's International Conference on the Right to Public Information,
held February 27-29, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 125 participants,
representing governments, civil society, international organizations and
financial institutions, private sector, donors and scholars, from 40 countries
met to discuss the successes and future challenges to the establishment of a
right of access to information.
The Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action, serving as a framework for
advancing this human right, finds that access to information is fundamental to
dignity, equity and peace with justice, and that a lack of access to
information disproportionately affects the poor, women and other vulnerable and
marginalized societies. The Declaration calls on all states and
intergovernmental organizations to enact legislation and instruments for the
exercise, full implementation and effective enforcement of this right. It
further encourages all stakeholders to take concrete steps to establish,
develop, protect and promote the right of access to information. The
Declaration is available in Spanish, French, and Chinese.
For additional information related to the conference and materials, please
visit the Carter Center's Access to Information project website at
www.cartercenter.org/accesstoinformation.html or contact me at (404) 420-5146
or lneuman@xxxxxxxxxx
Laura Neuman
Access to Information Project Manager
The Carter Center
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