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UNESCO hosts inaugural meeting of Iraqi Media Elections Advisory Board
The inaugural meeting of the Iraqi Media Elections Advisory Board, held on 16 August 2010 in Baghdad (Iraq), gathered representatives of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), the Communications and Media Commission (CMC) and key UN agencies: UNAMI, UNDP and IEAT.
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UNESCO hosts inaugural meeting of Iraqi Media Elections Advisory Board

14-09-2010 (Baghdad)
UNESCO hosts inaugural meeting of Iraqi Media Elections Advisory Board
Iraqi election 2010
© UNDP/J.Penjweny
The inaugural meeting of the Iraqi Media Elections Advisory Board, held on 16 August 2010 in Baghdad (Iraq), gathered representatives of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), the Communications and Media Commission (CMC) and key UN agencies: UNAMI, UNDP and IEAT.
The UNESCO-hosted meeting was a successful first step in ensuring that the key Iraqi stakeholders involved in the UNESCO Media Elections Project are able to act in an advisory capacity regarding the design and implementation of project activities. The project has been designed to:

  • build public confidence in IHEC and CMC;
  • facilitate dialogue among IHEC, CMC and the independent media;
  • strengthen the regulatory frameworks relating to freedom of expression and access to information; and
  • support evidence-based public outreach and advocacy for both IHEC and CMC.

    • All parties present at the meeting on 16 August agreed that the Media Elections Project is critical to improving the defining factors of the quality elections within Iraq.

    The next Media Elections Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for 27 October 2010 in Baghdad.

    The UNESCO project, “Support for Enhanced Media Coverage and Monitoring of Electoral Processes”, is aimed a strengthening the electoral processes in Iraq by building the capacity of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), the Communications and Media Commission (CMC) and the professional media in order to enable them to play their respective and complementary roles in providing stakeholders with timely, accurate and impartial information during elections.
    UNESCO hosts inaugural meeting of Iraqi Media Elections Advisory Board
    Iraqi staff at the IHEC Tally Centre in Baghdad
    © UNAMI PIO

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