(IPI/IFEX) – The following statement was released during the International Press Institute World Congress in Moscow, 24-27 May, 1998: Recognising the importance of the free flow of social, political and economic information to the stability of any democracy, we the undersigned organisations call upon the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to address the […]
(IPI/IFEX) – The following statement was released during the International
Press Institute World Congress in Moscow, 24-27 May, 1998:
Recognising the importance of the free flow of social, political and
economic information to the stability of any democracy, we the undersigned
organisations call upon the government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
to address the issue of broadcast licensing in an open and equitable manner
and to:
Rescind recent decisions announced by the Yugoslav Ministry of
Telecommunications setting exorbitant fees for use of radio and television
frequencies.
Establish clearly stated criteria for obtaining such frequencies, to be
applied evenly without regard to editorial content.
Determine fees, if any, taking into account the economic conditions
prevailing in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as the standards
already recognised as fair and reasonable by the broad European community.
Respect the fundamental principles of freedom of the press enshrined in
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is signatory.
Balkanmedia
Committee to Protect Journalists
Inter American Press Association
International Association of Broadcasting
International Federation of Journalists
International Press Institute
Journalists Union of Russia
World Association of Newspapers
World Press Freedom Committee
