Declaration of duties as per the Munich Charter

The essential obligation of a journalist engaged in gathering, editing and
commenting news are:



1.	To respect truth whatever be the consequences to him, because of the right of the public to know the truth.
2.	To defend freedom of information, comment and criticism.
3.	To report only on facts of which he knows the origin; not to suppress essential information nor alter texts and documents.
4.	Not to use unfair methods to obtain news, photography or documents.
5.	To restrict himself to the respect of privacy.