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

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Stephen,

This is good news, I'm definitely in favour of the Wikimedia Foundation
becoming a signatory to the declaration.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 27 October 2014 20:08, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 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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