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Press Freedom

World Press Freedom Day 2002

Terrorism and Media
World Press Freedom Day 2002
Media Violence and Terrorism
UNESCO publication

Terrorism and Media
03 May 2002 - The Ceremony - Malacañan, Manila, Philippines

01-02 May 2002 - The Conference - Westin Philippine Plaza, Manila, Philippines



03 May 2002 - The Ceremony - Malacañan, Manila, Philippines

On the Occasion of the Official Ceremony and Awarding
of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Moderator:
Mr. Cerge Remonde, UNESCO Commissioner

Arrival of Invited Guests at Malacañan

Arrival of H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines

National Anthem

Remarks
by Hon. Oliver J. Clarke, President of the Jury

Remarks
by Ana Maria Busquets Cano, President of the Cano Foundation


Remarks and awarding of the UNESCO/Guillermo CANO World Press Freedom Prize
by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO


– and –

Statement
by Geoffrey Nyarota, Laureate of the 2002 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Reading of the Citation of the Posthumous Award to Mr Daniel Pearl

Awarding of the Plaque
by H. E. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and H. E. Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura

– and –

Receiving of the Award for Mr Daniel Pearl
by Robert M. Fitts, U. S. Deputy Chief of Mission to the Philippines

Address
by H. E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines


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01-02 May 2002 - The Conference - Westin Philippine Plaza, Manila

Wednesday, 1 May 2002


9h30-10h00: Opening Ceremony


09h30: National Anthem


09h30-09h33: Welcome Remarks

Dr. Preciosa S. Soliven, Secretary-General, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines


09h36-09h46: Messages

Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid, Chairperson, UNACOM Communication Committee

Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information


09h46: Keynote Speech

Hon. Teofisto T. Guingona Jr., Vice-President, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Chairman, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines


10h15–10h30: Break


10h30-11h45: Plenary Session 1

Worldwide Overview on Terrorism and Media: Situations and Challenges.

Moderator:
Cushrow Irani, Managing Director The Statesman, India

Rapporteur:
Kavi Chongkittavorn, Executive Editor The Nation, Thailand

Introduction
by Oliver Clarke, Chairman and Managing Director of The Gleaner Company Limited, Jamaica


Case studies:

. Philippines:
Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Executive Director of the Center for Media, Freedom & Responsibility


. Colombia:
Ana Mercedes Gómez, Director El Colombiano



11h45-13h00: Plenary Session 1

Continuation Worldwide Overview on Terrorism and Media:
Situations and Challenges

Case studies:

. Basque Country of Spain:
Carmen Gurruchaga Basurto, Journalist El Mundo


. Zimbabwe:
Geoffrey Nyarota, Editor of the Daily News


. Chechnya:
Anna Politkovskaya, Correspondent of Novoya Gazeta



13h00-14h30: Lunch


14h30-16h00: Plenary Session 2

"11 September 2001: The Aftermath. Consequences on Freedom of Information"
by Jean-Paul Marthoz, Director, Human Rights Watch, Brussels office


Moderator:
Clarita CARLOS, Former President of the National Defense College, Philippines

Rapporteur:
Savea Malifa, Editor and Publisher of the Samoa Observer, Samoa

Panelists:
Raymond Louw, South Africa
Toby Mendel, Article 19


16h00-16h30: Break


16h30-18h00: Plenary Session 3

"Reporting on Terrorism"
by Chris Warren President of the International Federation of Journalists

Moderator:
Valérie Gatabazi, President, Rwanda Association of Women Journalists, Rwanda

Rapporteur:
Sheila S. Coronel, Executive Director, Philippines Center for Investigative Journalism, Philippines

Panelists:
Sultan Baheen, Afghanistan
Victor Ivan Majuwana, Sri Lanka
Nedal MANSOUR, Jordan


Thursday, 2 May 2002


9h00-10h45: Plenary Session 4

"Safety of Journalists"
by Philippe Latour, Reporters Sans Frontières


Moderator:
Mohamed Larbi Messari, Member of the Jury, Morocco

Rapporteur:
Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General, Pakistan Press Foundation, Pakistan

Panelists:
Hugo Fernandez, East Timor
Justin KILI, Papua New Guinea
Lin Neumann, Comittee to Protect Journalists


10h45-11h15: Break


11h15-13h00: Plenary Session 5

"Media in Danger"
by Larry Kilman, Director of Communication, the World Association of Newspapers

Moderator:
Maria Ressa, CNN Representative for South East Asia

Rapporteur:
Toby Mendel, Head of Law Programme,
Article 19

Panelists:
Geoffrey Chan, IFEX
Ronald Koven, World Press Freedom Committee
Chavarong Limpattamapanee, South East Asia Press Alliance

13h00-14h30: Lunch


14h30-16h00: Reports of previous sessions

Moderator:
Alejando R.ROCES, Philippines


16h00-16h30: Break


16h30-18h00: Final Recommendations chaired
by Olivier Clarke, Chair of Adivisory Group for Press Freedom

Closing of the Conference
by Abid Hussain, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression