ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS SIGNED CODE OF RULES OF JOURNALIST ETHICS
arminfo
2007-03-12 14:20:00
A number of Armenian Mass Media has signed a Code of Rules of the
Journalist Ethics on March 10 in the Yerevan press-club.
Twenty-one local Mass Media, 8 information organizations, as well
as a number of independent journalists have joined The document. The
document remains open for joining. Moreover, a Supervising body has
been created to survey the fulfillment of the Code of Rules of the
Journalist Ethics. The Supervising body includes the Editor-in-Chief
of "Azg" daily Hakop Avetikyan, the Head of the Gyumri "Asparez"
Journalist Organization Levon Barseghyan, the Head of the Union of
Journalists of Armenia Astghik Gevorkyan, the Director of ArmInfo
Information Agency Emmanuel Lazarian, the Head of "Melteks" Ltd Mesrop
Movsissyan, the Head of the Yerevan press-club Boris Navasardyan
and the Head of the "Center of Law and Information", a lawyer Lilit
Simonyan. A press-conference of the organizers of this initiative and
the members of the Supervising body will be held on March 13 at 12:00
PM in the Union of Journalists of Armenia, during which the history
of its creation, the essence of the Code of Rules of Journalist Ethics
and the authorities of the Supervising body will be represented.