During its three-day meeting in Abuja, Nigeria (31 October – 2 November 1999), the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, met with President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Minister of Information Dapo Sarumi, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, Chairman of the Senate Committee […]

President Andrés Pastrana President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 29 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute is deeply concerned for the safety of Henry Romero, a freelance photographer who works regularly for Reuters, who has been kidnapped by a rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). The ELN have announced that […]

His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 21 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the murder of Ahmet Taner Kislali, a prominent journalist and former Turkish minister of culture. Kislali, 60, died […]

The following is a resolution made by delegates who participated in the Ethiopian Media in Development conference, being distributed by IPI: Ethiopian Media in Development Organised by the International Press Institute in cooperation with the Ethiopian Mass Media Training Institute Addis Ababa, 24/25 September 1999 Recommendations: We, the delegates participating at the Ethiopian Media in […]