A/HRC/RES/33/2 Recalling all relevant reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council on the safety of journalists, in particular the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, presented to the Council at its twentieth session,3 and the interactive dialogue thereon, Recalling also the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on good practices in the safety of journalists,4 the panel discussion of the Human Rights Council on the issue of the safety of journalists, held on 11 June 2014, and the summary report of the Office of the High Commissioner thereon,5 Welcoming the important work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the safety of journalists, and taking note with appreciation of its 2015 publications entitled World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development and Building Digital Safety for Journalism, Taking note with appreciation of the United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, endorsed by the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 12 April 2012, in which United Nations agencies, funds and programmes were invited to work with Member States towards a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers in both conflict and non-conflict situations with a view to strengthening peace, democracy and development worldwide, Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 6 and the commitments therein to, inter alia, promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, including by ensuring public access to information and protecting fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements, and therefore recognizing the important contribution of the promotion and protection of the safety of journalists in this regard, Welcoming also the initiatives taken by States, media organization and civil society relevant to the safety of journalists, and taking note in this regard of the Freelance Journalist Safety Principles and the International Declaration on the Protection of Journalists presented at the World Congress of the International Press Institute, held in March 2016 in Doha, Mindful that the right to freedom of opinion and expression is a human right guaranteed to all, in accordance with article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and that it constitutes one of the essential foundations of a democratic society and one of the basic conditions for its progress and development, Recognizing that the work of journalists often puts them at specific risk of intimidation, harassment and violence, the presence of which often deters journalists from continuing their work or encourages self-censorship, consequently depriving society of important information, Deeply concerned by all human rights violations and abuses committed in relation to the safety of journalists and media workers, including killing, torture, enforced disappearance, arbitrary arrest and arbitrary detention, expulsion, intimidation, harassment, threats and acts of other forms of violence, 3 4 5 6 2 A/HRC/20/17 and 22. A/HRC/24/23. A/HRC/27/35. General Assembly resolution 70/1.