Dear journalists, media representatives,

Today the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day. 

UN General Assembly by the Recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991, proclaimed: ''free, alternative and independent press is a necessary component of a democratic society''.

Yet, more than a component. The media is a nervous system of a society and the journalists are the information flow controllers.

It is impossible to underestimate your role. In parallel with the condensation of the information field, your role and responsibility is growing. Nowaday societies are like you form them by filtring chaotic information flows.

For the same reason your work is irreplaceable for local authorities when the communication with people has turned into community bodies activity quality criteria.

You are already a component in a decision making chain in local level.

Congratulations on World Press Freedom Day.

Emin YERITSYAN

President of Union of Communities of Armenia