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HAVANA
UN aid sought for
non-aligned media
HAVANA, Thursday (AAP
Reuter). — Non-aligned countries
ended a meeting in Havana on
what they regard as the in
dustrialised world's domination of
news media by calling on the Unit
ed Nations for assistance.
In its final report, the conference urged
the United Nations Educational, Scien
tific and Cultural Organisation (UN
ESCO) to draw up "a declaration based
on well-defined principles for a new world
order of information". It formerly re
quested UNESCO to support non
aligned efforts to develop national com
munication policies.
The three-day meeting, which ended
last night, was attended by 23 countries
from the non-aligned movement. They
agreed on moves intended to build up
non-aligned co-operation over informa
tion, including strengthening a common
news pool, overcoming communications
problems and assisting the training of
journalists.
The conference said that a new world
order on information would help "the
fight against imperialism, neo-colonial
ism, racism, racial discrimination,
apartheid, Zionism and all other forms of
oppression".
The meeting discussed various codes of
ethics and guidelines which countries
might impose to give them sovereignty
over information flowing in or out of their
borders, but reached no formal con
clusion.
Several delegates accused Western
news media of distorting reality by em
phasising negative aspects in non-aligned
countries.
A proposal by Jordan for a special UN
body with responsibility for news and
information was held over for further
consideration.
The conference, of the Inter-Gov
ernmcntal Council for the Co-ordination
of Information from Non-Aligned Coun
tries, was set up by the 1976 non-aligned
summit meeting.
Several delegates said its most impor
tant decision was to seek assistance from
UNESCO, which might be able to help
to overcome the lack of facilities faced by
some non-aligned countries.
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