{"id":3000,"date":"2016-11-16T13:57:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:20:18","slug":"unesco-is-seeking-nominations-for-unescoguillermo-cano-world-press-freedom-prize-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2016\/11\/16\/unesco-is-seeking-nominations-for-unescoguillermo-cano-world-press-freedom-prize-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO is seeking nominations for UNESCO\/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nominate Journalists, organizations or institutions that promote press freedom worldwide for a US$25,000 award.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.unesco.org\" target=\"_blank\">UNESCO<\/a>\/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize will recognize a significant contribution to press freedom. This Prize was established by UNESCO\u2019s Executive Board, in 1997, in honour of Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who died in the exercise of his profession. Its purpose is to reward each year a person, organization or institution that has made a notable contribution to the defense and\/or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, especially if risks have been involved.<\/p>\n<p>Member states, international\/regional organizations or professional\/nongovernmental organizations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression can nominate up to three candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The recipient will be recognized during the World Press Freedom Day ceremony to be held on 3rd May, in Jakarta, Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations must be submitted\u00a0in English or French and include a brief biography or history of the nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submission is Feb. 15, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/communication-and-information\/resources\/news-and-in-focus-articles\/all-news\/news\/unesco_is_seeking_nominations_for_unescoguillermo_cano_worl\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() && current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominate Journalists, organizations or institutions that promote press freedom worldwide for a US$25,000 award. The UNESCO\/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize will recognize a significant contribution to press freedom. This&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2016\/11\/16\/unesco-is-seeking-nominations-for-unescoguillermo-cano-world-press-freedom-prize-2017\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13186,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions\/13186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}