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An observance of World Press Freedom Day, organized
by the Department of Public Information, will be held on Friday, 2 May
2003, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Conference Room 2, featuring a
panel discussion entitled “The
Media and Armed Conflict”. The observance will feature
opening remarks by: The panel discussion will be moderated by Mr.
Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications
and Public Information (DPI), and will feature:
Theme: "The Media and Armed Conflict"
Kofi Annan,
Secretary-General,
Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Chairman
of the Committee on Information,
Abdul Waheed Khan, Assistant
Director-General for Information and Communication (UNESCO),
Tony Jenkins, President of United
Nations Correspondents Association,
followed by screening of a video “Media and War
Coverage” presented by Mr. Robert Batscha, President
of the Museum of Television and Radio.
Joy DiBenedetto, CNN,
Bernard Estrade, AFP,
Abderrahim Foukara, Al-Jazeera,
Khalid Hasan, Daily Times, Lahore, and
Tony Jenkins, Expresso, Portugal.
Members of permanent missions, Secretariat staff, representatives of
non-governmental organizations and the media are invited to attend.
For further information, please contact Mr. Oleg Dzioubinski, NGO Section,
Department of Public Information (Tel: (212) 963-1859).
Webcast:
The Department of Public Information and the Columbia University School
of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) will observe the World Press
Freedom Day on Thursday, 1 May 2003 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Columbia
University, School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th
Street, Dag Hammarskjöld Lounge, 6th Floor. The theme will be "Freedom
of Expression in Cyberspace".
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