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YES THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.<br>
DeeDee Halleck<br>
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<pre wrap="">I agree with Steve's assesment. A19 could not support the privatisation
position andwould be more specific concerning anti-monopoly measures.
How can we move on this, tracey is busy on other things at the moment but
suggestwe develop a new form of wording agree on the list and submit to CS group.
John B
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<pre wrap="">Dear all
Sorry to have missed the last two days in Geneva. Some great outputs
from civil society, but...
Please could someone explain how the proposal that state controlled
media should be privatised, found its way into a civil society
statement of "non-negotiables". This has never been a position of the
media caucus.
The form of words also weakens the media caucus commitment to media
pluralism. The form of words agreed at Prepcom 3 was "pluralism and
diversity of media ownership should be guaranteed through appropriate
laws to hinder the abuse of media ownership concentration". The new
texts only suggest "efforts... must be encouraged to avoid excessive
media concentration"
Who submitted this proposal and with what authority? It sounds like a
statement from the private sector. Was it sent to the media caucus list
for comments, or to the civil society content and themes list?
See below.
Steve
9.2 Media
While allowing for government information services to communicate their
message, state-controlled media at the national level should be
transformed into editorially independent public service media
organisations and/or privatised. Efforts which encourage pluralism and
diversity of media ownership must be encouraged to avoid excessive
media concentration
Full text (Civil society benchmarks) <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.geneva2003.org">www.geneva2003.org</a>
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