The European Institute for the Media, in fulfillment of its Media Monitoring and Assistance Programme financed by the European Union, intends to organize a conference in Moscow on Media and Conflict in the Transcaucasus.

On 14 and 15 November 1998, journalists from the region, including Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, will discuss together with media experts from European countries the role of the media in the on-going conflicts in the Transcaucasus.

The following topics will be addressed:

• The main problems of reporting on conflict and possible solutions, including networking between journalists in the conflict area.
• EU, OSCE and Council of Europe recommendations and standards in the relation to the media in situations of tension and conflict.
• Ways of raising awareness in the Transcuacausus, Russia, the CIS and Europe about the role and importance of the media in conflict zones.

The conference will take place in Moscow, Hotel "Akademitcheskaya" of the Russian Academy of Science. The minutes of the conference will be published by the European Institute for the Media. We are inviting journalists, academics, diplomats and other professionals to attend the conference. There is no charge for attendance.

Inquiries and registration (by 2 November 1998) can be made in Moscow at:
Tel. 095 - 974 21 14
Fax 288-13-66
(EIM Moscow Bureau Chief Dimitri Kortunov)

or in Dusseldorf at:
Tel. +49 211 9010474
Fax +49 211 9010456
e-mail: [email protected]
(ask for EIM programme administrator Ljudmila von Berg)

Last updated: October 30, 1998

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