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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE SPANISH
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY

  October 5, 2004

The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression highlights the important financial contribution made by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional – AECI). The Office wishes to publicly express its gratitude for these special funds, which will be used to develop the "Project for the strengthening of mechanisms to promote and protect freedom of expression in the Americas."

The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression is a permanent office, with functional autonomy and its own budget, created to operate within the legal framework of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to promote the observance and defense of freedom of expression in the hemisphere. The Special Rapporteur is Eduardo Bertoni.


Reference: PREN-110-E