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    OSCE OFFICE FACILITATES DISCUSSION ON MEDIA SELF-REGULATION IN ARMENIA

    Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE)
    http://www.osce.org/
    Sept 26 2006

    YEREVAN, 25 September 2006 - Media accountability and best practices
    regarding self-regulation mechanisms, particularly for public
    broadcasters, were discussed at a meeting that took place in Yerevan
    over the weekend.

    It brought together journalists and managers of the Public TV and Radio
    Company of Armenia (PTRC) and other Armenian media, representatives
    of international and non-governmental organizations.

    They discussed the possibility of introducing an internal
    ombudsperson's institution for the public broadcaster, professional
    ethics and the need to develop a professional Code of Conduct in
    the PTRC.

    "Journalistic ethics and self-regulation play a significant role
    in the development of a professional, independent and accountable
    media," said Blanka Hancilova, Democratization Programme Officer at
    the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "We hope that this meeting helped to
    identify mechanisms for institutionalizing media self-regulation,
    which will enhance compliance with professional ethics."

    Boris Navasardian, President of the Yerevan Press Club, added: "Media
    self-regulation in Armenia will not only raise accountability of the
    different news outlets, but will also strengthen their independence."

    The two-day event, "Introduction of self-regulatory mechanisms in
    Armenian media," was organized by the OSCE Office, the Yerevan Press
    Club, PTRC, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
    Organization's Office in Moscow.

    Jeffrey Dvorkin, the first ombudsman of the U.S. National Public Radio
    and executive director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists,
    and Ian Mayes, president of the international Organization of News
    Ombudsmen and the Guardian newspaper ombudsman shared their experience.
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