The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Friday adopted the Abuja Declaration that preferred global funding of Media and Information Literacy as panacea to the global scourge of fake news, disinformation and misinformation.
The declaration was adopted by acclamation of 65 UNESCO-member countries physically present and others who participated virtually at the 2022 UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week which ended on Friday in Abuja.
He said global funding of MIL was imperative considering the crisis that followed COVID-19 pandemic globally owing to parallel misinformation and disinformation. He urged development partners, multilateral organisations and all countries to commit to supporting and funding the initiative, which he said would ultimately make the world a safer and more peaceful place to live.
They agreed that all nations must see literacy as imperative to fight against disinformation and building trust as well develop and implement training modules on this.
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