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 […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 2 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) wishes to express its concern over the safety of journalists reporting on events in East Timor. In the latest violence, pro-Indonesian militiamen armed with automatic weapons and machetes […]

His Excellency Andrés Pastrana President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 16 August 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of popular Colombian journalist Jaime Garzón. On 13 August, Garzón, 39, a beloved satirist known for his scathing parodies of politicians, was gunned down by two unidentified assailants on […]

Mr. Javier Solana Secretary General North Atlantic Treaty Organization Brussels Belgium Vienna, 28 April, 1999 Dear Secretary General, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and publishers dedicated to protecting and furthering freedom of the press, condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent NATO strikes on the media in Serbia. While […]