Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has urged radio Broadcasters that operate in areas with sporadic violence to use their medium to promote peace and not fuel tensions.
While recognizing the important role radio plays in promoting understanding and reconciliation, he said radio broadcasters must see this as a responsibility in communicating the needful information to the public during such times.
The Minister of Information said this in a statement issued and signed by the Ministry in commemoration of 2023 World Radio Day which was observed on February 13th on the theme “Radio and Peace“.
He said, “So on a day like this, as we celebrate World Radio Day with the theme Radio and Peace, we would like to, in particular, remind our colleagues who operate in places where sometimes tensions may rise and explode into a conflict that we have a specific responsibility to help in the exercise to bring peace and unity, and not necessarily fuel tensions.”
World Radio Day
Member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNESCO proclaimed in 2011 with the United Nations General Assembly adopting in 2012, February 13 as an International Day for Radio which became World Radio Day (WRD).
Since then the day has been observed annually to raise awareness of the public and media on the importance of radio and encourage access to information through radio.
For the 2023 World Radio Day, UNESCO is of the view that “… since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.
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