Conference On Challenges For Media Freedom In Armenia, Azerbaijan, G

CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES FOR MEDIA FREEDOM IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA AND UKRAINE TO BE HELD IN TBILISI

armradio.am
07.04.2010 17:55

The Council of Europe, in the framework of the 2009-2010 Swiss
chairmanship of its Committee of Ministers will organize a Conference
on challenges for media freedom in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Moldova and Ukraine in Tbilisi on April 15-16.

The conference will address current problems in Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with regard to the safety and protection
of journalists, the threats to freedom of expression and the challenges
to this freedom brought by new technologies.

The key aim of the event is to formulate concrete recommendations
for promoting freedom of expression and information in these states
in line with Council of Europe standards and recommendations.

Dunja Mijatovic, recently appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of
the Media, and William Horsley, Chairman of the UK section and Media
Freedom Representative of the Association of European Journalists,
will be among the key speakers. The event will bring together
government representatives, parliamentarians, media professionals
and representatives of NGOs.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS