DPI TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR BROADCASTERS AND JOURNALISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS
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DPI TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR BROADCASTERS AND JOURNALISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS
19970915 The United Nations Training Programme for Broadcasters and Journalists from Developing Countries begins its seventeenth session today at Headquarters, under the direction of the Department of Public Information (DPI).The Programme was established in 1980 by the General Assembly, which requested the Secretary-General to initiate an in-service training programme for broadcasters and journalists from developing countries. Seventeen junior and mid-level journalists and broadcasters, including one sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Germany, are taking part in the six-week programme, which ends on 23 October.
This year's participants work for media organizations in Algeria, Argentina, Bahamas, Bhutan, Chile, Ecuador, Gambia, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Yemen. The programme is designed to supplement national, regional and other international training opportunities.
During the programme, participants will:
-- Receive in-service training in DPI and take part in the work of the General Assembly;
-- Undertake professional work assignments and receive briefings from United Nations officials on issues of priority to the Organization;
-- Visit major media organizations in New York and Washington, D.C. to observe their operations; and
-- Serve as temporary United Nations correspondents, covering United Nations meetings and activities on behalf of their home media organizations.
The Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information, Samir Sanbar, will welcome the participants and formally open the seventeenth session of the Training Programme at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 16 September, in Conference Room 9.
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Participants in 1997 Programme
Following are the countries, names and affiliations of the 17 participants in the 1997 United Nations Training Programme:
Algeria Chafika Benammar Algerian Radio
Argentina Fernando A. Menendez Telefe Channel 11
Bahamas Fern Yvette Brown The Nassau Guardian
Bhutan Lhaki Samdrup Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Chile Juan Carlos Moraga Red TV Megavision
Ecuador Dagmar Thiel Canal 6 de Television
Gambia Jessica Sowe Gambia TV
Mozambique Felisberto Arnaca Jornal Noticias
Nepal Suman Pradhan The Kathmandu Post
Niger Gali Adam Fadjimata National TV of Niger
Philippines Maria Victoria T. Morales GMA Network News
Samoa Andrew S. Faasau Samoa National Radio-2AP
Ukraine Natalia Vikulina Den Newspaper
Uzbekistan Nigina B. Baykabulova Pravda Vostoka
Venezuela Ana Cecilia Reinoza El Universal
Yemen Abdul Wahab A. Mazara'a Al Thawara
Friedrich Ebert Foundation Participant
Thailand Sirote Klampaiboon Matichon
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