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 […]

His Excellency Joseph Estrada President Malacańang Palace Manila Philippines Vienna, 17 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the ongoing advertising boycott of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, allegedly initiated by your administration. We are informed that in July a number of Philippine movie producers withdrew their advertisements from the […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 15 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the safety of Allan Nairn, a U.S. journalist, who is being detained by security forces in […]

Dr. Janez Drnovsek Prime Minister Gregorciecva 20 61000 Ljubljana Republic of Slovenia Vienna, 10 September 1999 Dear Prime Minister, The International Press Institute, (IPI), a global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives from print and broadcasting media in presently 108 nations, is deeply concerned about the tendencies in the draft of a new […]