IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1095 
Responding to widening threats to freedom of the press and expression around 
the world, reaffirming the centrality of a free and independent press 
to the health of democracy, and reaffirming freedom of the press as 
a priority of the United States in promoting democracy, human rights, 
and good governance on World Press Freedom Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2022 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
RASKIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. VARGAS, and Mr. WELCH) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Responding to widening threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world, reaffirming the centrality 
of a free and independent press to the health of democ-
racy, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority 
of the United States in promoting democracy, human 
rights, and good governance on World Press Freedom 
Day. 
Whereas Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declara-
tion of Human Rights, adopted at Paris, December 10, 
1948, states, ‘‘Everyone has the right to freedom of opin-
ion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold 
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opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and 
impart information and ideas through any media and re-
gardless of frontiers.’’; 
Whereas, in 1993, the United Nations General Assembly pro-
claimed May 3 of each year as ‘‘World Press Freedom 
Day’’— 
(1) to celebrate the fundamental principles of free-
dom of the press; 
(2) to evaluate freedom of the press around the 
world; 
(3) to defend the media against attacks on its inde-
pendence; and 
(4) to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their 
lives while working in their profession; 
Whereas, on December 18, 2013, the United Nations General 
Assembly adopted Resolution 68/163 on the safety of 
journalists and the problem of impunity, which unequivo-
cally condemns all attacks on, and violence against, jour-
nalists 
and 
media 
workers, 
including 
torture, 
extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance, arbitrary de-
tention, and intimidation and harassment in conflict and 
nonconflict situations; 
Whereas the theme for World Press Freedom Day 2022 is 
‘‘Journalism under Surveillance’’, which will spotlight 
how developments in surveillance by state and nonstate 
actors, as well as big data collection and artificial intel-
ligence, impact journalism, freedom of expression, and 
privacy, as well as the associated challenges to media via-
bility during the digital age, threats to public trust that 
arise from surveillance, and digitally mediated attacks on 
journalists, and the consequences of all this on public 
trust in digital communications; 
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