[Advocacy Advisors] Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development

[Stephen LaPorte]

Hello advocacy advisers,

In August, the International Federation of Library Associations published
the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development (http://www.
lyondeclaration.org/). The Lyon Declaration is a statement to the member
states of the UN about empowering development through access to knowledge.
The declaration is particularly relevant for our work as Wikimedians
because it recognizes the importance of technology in sharing knowledge.

Wikimedia Italy and Wikimedia UK have already signed declaration. We would
like the Wikimedia Foundation to join these and others in support of our
goal to share knowledge. Please let me know if you have any thoughts about
this by November 3, 2014.

Thanks,
Stephen

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Stephen LaPorte
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Wikimedia Foundation

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