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size=3><STRONG>AMARC10 Conference Sets High Objectives for Community Radio
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face=Verdana size=2>The tenth Global Conference of Community Radio
broadcasters, AMARC10, hosted by AMARC Argentina, gathered together more than
500 community radio broadcasters and stakeholders from 87 countries in la
Plata, Argentina, in what was the first global conference to be held in South
America. Speaking in the closing ceremony of AMARC 10, María Pía Matta, the new
president of AMARC, called for increased solidarity for persecuted community
radio broadcasters and deepening the social impact of community radio to face
the challenges of humanity in the 21st Century.<BR><BR>The week long
conference participated by grassroots broadcasters and activists and well-known
freedom of expression advocates and communicators; adopted the la Plata
declaration, elected the members of the international Board of Directors
of AMARC global network; gave, in its sixth edition, the solidarity prize
to the Haitian community radios for their role in supporting the population
after the February 2010 earthquake. AMARC 10 also adopted the strategic
lines of action for 2011-2014 assembling in part the rich content
exchanges and recommendations from plenary, seminars and workshops on
reinforcing the social impact of community radio in development, democratization
and recognition of diversity of societies; on creating enabling environments for
community radio development and; on ensuring social, economic and political
sustainability of the sector at local, regional and international
levels.<BR><BR>The new board of directors of AMARC following AMARC 10 is
composed by,<BR><STRONG>Maria Pia Matta</STRONG>, President,
Chile.<BR><STRONG>Emmanuel Boutterin</STRONG>, Deputy President,
France.<BR><STRONG>Franklin Huizies</STRONG>, Treasurer, South
Africa.<BR><STRONG>Marcelo Solervicens</STRONG>, Secretary
General.<BR><STRONG>Maria Eugenia Chávez</STRONG>, Vicepresident for the Women
International Network,<BR>Mexico.<BR><STRONG>Ashish Sen</STRONG>, Vicepresident
for Asia-Pacific Region, India.<BR><STRONG>Oumar Seck Ndiaye</STRONG>,
Vicepresident for Africa, Senegal.<BR><STRONG>Carlos Aparicio</STRONG>,
Vicepresident for Latin America & Caribbean, Mexico.<BR><STRONG>Sony
Esteus</STRONG>, Vicepresident, Haiti.<BR><STRONG>Silvia Richardson</STRONG>,
Vicepresident, Canada.<BR><STRONG>Wilna Quarmine</STRONG>, Vice president,
Ghana.<BR><STRONG>Sawsan Zaida</STRONG>, Vicepresident, Jordan.<BR><BR>The AMARC
10 Conference ended in the locality of Moron in symbolic homage to the memory of
Argentina's disappeared during the latest military dictatorship in Argentina and
recalling the importance of communication rights in building democratic
societies. For further information, please visit </FONT></FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Bazlu<BR>_______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication (BNNRC)<BR>[NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN
Economic and Social Council]<BR>& <BR>Head, Community Radio Academy
<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road: 2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095,
Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>Cell:
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A> <A
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