Central Asian and Southern Caucasus Freedom of Expression Network

(CASCFEN), Azerbaijan
July 19 2005

OSCE Office in Yerevan awards public radio program

Published: 19.07.2005

OSCE, Yerevan, 19.07.2005 — The “Radiolur” (“Radio news”) programme
of Armenian Public Radio was yesterday awarded by the OSCE Office in
Yerevan for efficient, objective and diverse news broadcasting.

Presenting the award at a ceremony organized by the Yerevan Press Club,
Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan,
said that such programmes help develop the freedom of expression in
Armenia and enhance the professional skills and ethical standards of
the journalistic community.

For the last few years, the OSCE Office has presented a special prize
to one of the winners of the Yerevan Press Club Annual Award. This
year the awarding ceremony coincided with the 10th Anniversary of the
Yerevan Press Club, an active member of the OSCE Media Legislation
Working Group.

Since the establishment of the OSCE Office in 2000, it has supported
the Yerevan Press Club in implementing projects aimed at promoting
OSCE commitments on media freedom.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti,
in a letter praised the co-operation between the Yerevan Press Club
and the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

“In the 10 years of its existence the Yerevan Press Club has
contributed substantially to the development of professional media,”
Haraszti wrote. “Involving in its activities media workers across the
whole political spectrum, it has become a well known and respected
professional association representing all journalists in Armenia
and abroad.”