Full Coverage: Communication

28.12.2004 The Human Rights Watch travelling film festival kicked off in September 2004 and running through May 2005 presents works of fiction, documentary and animated films with a distinctive human rights theme. The festival intends to showcase the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world seen through the eyes of courageous filmmakers.

28.12.2004 After yesterday’s earthquake, there were 90 minutes before the first wave of the deluge crashed into the Indian coast. Within 15 minutes of the earthquake, scientists running the tsunami warning system for the Pacific had issued a cautionary from their Honolulu hub, to 26 participating countries. India was not among them.

27.12.2004 FAO and UNICEF commissioned a study to assess the feasibility of building a network to connect some 20 radio stations in the rural areas of Niger and finally link the network to internet. The need to conduct a technology assessment for selecting the appropriate media for creating the network has been emphasised.

27.12.2004 World Bank has approved a loan of US $ 620 million to upgrade the national highway between the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the eastern state of in the state of Bihar to give an impetus to trading activities within the nation.

22.12.2004 The Challenge: Using Flash (a poplular website movie-maker), show us a global problem that you care about and give us your global solution. Get ready to be impressed, entertained, and enlightened by responses to issues from climate change to AIDS and child soldier recruitment.

21.12.2004 At the press conference held on December 17, Friday, the First Children Embassy in the World -Medjasi presented an overview of the work of the SOS Phone-Line for the past year, and the most common problems that were the cause to use the SOS Line.

17.12.2004 India has unveiled a massive plan to e-connect 53 nations of the African continent via satellite and fibre optic network to support tele-education, tele-medicine, e-governance, e-commerce, infotainment and meteorological services in an effort to fight poverty and disease, haunting Africa and India.

17.12.2004 The Millennium Campaign global website is inviting the planet's 6 billion people to use their voice to speak up and demand their governments to live up to their commitments.

17.12.2004 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched India's first free direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service - DD Direct Plus - hailing it as a "landmark event" in the broadcasting and communication history of the country.

17.12.2004 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched India's first free direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service - DD Direct Plus - hailing it as a "landmark event" in the broadcasting and communication history of the country.

16.12.2004 With its population over a billion, India is considered one of the next global "hot spots" for the AIDS epidemic. Journalists in the city of Chennai have been learning how to reach young people with key messages about the disease.

16.12.2004 World Health Organisation has opened an emergency response centre to assist member states to cope with epidemic crises that can become pandemic. Member states can communicate with each other and the WHO headquarters using this facility during outbreaks of epidemic diseases such as bird flu and SARS.

13.12.2004 The Zagreb Institute for International Relations presented the new web-portal for access to information about the European Union in Croatian Language. The Portal lists information on the structure of EU, its history, functioning, policies, member states, as well as info on states that are yet to become members.

09.12.2004 The “Is There Hate Speech in Macedonian Media?” debate was held on December 7, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Skpoje. The Debate was held under the sponsorship of the Media Programme of the FOSIM and in cooperation with the Association of Journalists of Macedonia, the Broadcasting Council and the Media Development Centre.

09.12.2004 The Centre for Development, Education & Business HUMANITAS from Doboja, under the “To Europe with Strong Nongovernmental Organization” campaign, supported by the BOSPO “Strengthening of Citizens Participation in Creation of Good Governance” project, financed by EU, published a book “To Europe with Strong NGOs – Yours and Our Success”.

07.12.2004 (RSF/IFEX) - Ci-dessous, un extrait du rapport RSF "Chronique d'un hold-up sur les médias d'Etat" :

La reprise en main des médias d'Etat a été l'une des pièces maîtresses de l'offensive avortée du président Laurent Gbagbo pour reconquérir le contrôle de l'ensemble de la Côte d'Ivoire. En une matinée, le 4 novembre, la Radiotélévision ivoirienne (RTI) et Radio Côte d'Ivoire (RCI) sont passées sous la coupe des fidèles de la présidence et du parti présidentiel, le FPI.

06.12.2004 Radio Yau Wali Ghag, the first radio station in Sayedabad region of Afghanistan, has become a platform for debate among the listeners. Broadcasting up to 11 hours a day, Radio Yau Wali Ghag covers diverse topics from sports to women’s health through innovative programmes.

03.12.2004 L’Union Nationale des Écrivains du Québec ( UNEQ ) souligne la Journée internationale des droits de l’homme, le vendredi 10 décembre, en collaboration avec Amnistie Internationale et la Ligue des droits et libertés.

03.12.2004 Déjà un an et demi après avoir décliné une première invitation lancée par Jean Chrétien, voilà que George W. Bush s’est plié aux instances de Paul Martin en se rendant dans la capitale fédérale. Selon certaines rumeurs, les autorités auraient enlevé les boîtes aux lettres qui jalonnaient l’itinéraire emprunté par le président américain. Voilà l’une des nombreuses mesures de sécurité prises à l’occasion de sa visite. Malgré tout, les membres du STTP n’ont pas manqué de lui livrer un message contre la guerre en Irak, se joignant à dix milles autres manifestantes et manifestants venus de partout au Canada et...

03.12.2004 The goal of this exchange programme, supported by the United States Institute for Peace, is to establish communication between the youth from Kosovo and Serbia. The process of getting to know each other, the war stories, exchange of experience and learning should help the youth to break the circle of hatred and build a better future for the region.