Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 16
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
The 5th News Agencies World Congress, which is being held in Baku, plays a big role in the development of news agencies, Farid Ayar, secretary general of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA), told Trend Nov. 16.
Ayar said that Azerbaijan has done a great job for the organization of this event.
Holding this congress requires a lot of efforts, he noted.
“Evaluating such a high level of organization, we once again thank the Azerbaijani side for the great contribution, and we believe that the Congress under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan will achieve great success in its work,” added the secretary general.
Touching upon the challenges currently facing news agencies, Ayar said that the mass media today should provide the public with more objective and accurate information.
Azerbaijan is hosting the 5th News Agencies World Congress, the 16th General Assembly of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and the 22nd Session of the Council of CIS Heads of News Agencies.
Azerbaijan is represented in the events by Trend and AzerTAc news agencies.
Co-organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Azerbaijan’s state news agency AzerTAc, these events bring together heads and officials of about 100 news agencies, international media experts, and officials from UNESCO and regional media organizations.
Speakers in the sessions include presidents of the News Agencies World Congress, OANA, EANA, FANA, managers of Associated Press, Reuters, Xinhua, Anadolu Agency, TASS, Agence France-Press, Press Association, EFE, Yonhap, Kyodo News, TT, SPA, BTA, AAP, IRNA, DPA, Notimex, ATPE and other leading news agencies, Los Angeles Times newspaper, Al Arabiya TV channel, and experts from Tripod Advisors, News Corp, PwC, Axel Springer and Stibo Accelerator media companies.
Initiated by the Russian news agency TASS, the 1st News Agencies World Congress was held in Moscow on Sept. 24-25, 2004.
