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08 December 2000
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8 December 2000
Note to Correspondents
Journalists from indigenous groups, together with representatives of the mainstream press, will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for a four-day workshop from 11 to 14 December, to advance ideas and proposals that could promote the rights and improve the public perception of the cultures of indigenous peoples.
Responding to a feeling that the mainstream media often ignores issues of concern to indigenous peoples, and a perception that when they are not ignored, the media often bases its reporting on stereotypical, folkloric, and long-outdated realities, the workshop will attempt to forge an understanding on how indigenous groups should be portrayed in the media.
More than 50 journalists, academics, experts and United Nations officials will participate in the event. Journalists from Greenland to Kenya to Peru will discuss issues with journalists from major news organizations in countries such as Australia, Philippines, and Bangladesh.
In addition to addressing issues of political sensitization, as well as developing an understanding of the marketplace realities that journalists work within, the workshop could help provide the underpinnings for international guidelines or recommendations to the mainstream media for reporting on indigenous peoples.
The programme will get under way on Monday, 11 December, at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 7. Introductory remarks will be made on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Department of Public Information, which will be followed by comments by two experts of the United Nations Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Erica-Irene A. Daes and Miguel Alfonso Martinez.
Workshops concerning various elements of the main theme of the event and issues such as indigenous people and new media, cooperation between the United Nations and the media to promote indigenous rights, and strengthening the indigenous media will take place throughout the week. The first workshop will meet on Monday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Tuesday and Wednesday, sessions will start at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. On Thursday, there will be one session, at 10 a.m.
Interested United Nations Correspondents’ Association (UNCA) journalists are encouraged to attend and participate. Their valuable contribution will be appreciated.
For more information, please contact Ellen McGuffie, Department of Public Information, on (1-212) 963-0499, fax (1-212) 963-1186, or email mcguffie@un.org.
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Note to Correspondents
Journalists from indigenous groups, together with representatives of the mainstream press, will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for a four-day workshop from 11 to 14 December, to advance ideas and proposals that could promote the rights and improve the public perception of the cultures of indigenous peoples.
Responding to a feeling that the mainstream media often ignores issues of concern to indigenous peoples, and a perception that when they are not ignored, the media often bases its reporting on stereotypical, folkloric, and long-outdated realities, the workshop will attempt to forge an understanding on how indigenous groups should be portrayed in the media.
More than 50 journalists, academics, experts and United Nations officials will participate in the event. Journalists from Greenland to Kenya to Peru will discuss issues with journalists from major news organizations in countries such as Australia, Philippines, and Bangladesh.
In addition to addressing issues of political sensitization, as well as developing an understanding of the marketplace realities that journalists work within, the workshop could help provide the underpinnings for international guidelines or recommendations to the mainstream media for reporting on indigenous peoples.
The programme will get under way on Monday, 11 December, at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 7. Introductory remarks will be made on behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Department of Public Information, which will be followed by comments by two experts of the United Nations Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Erica-Irene A. Daes and Miguel Alfonso Martinez.
Workshops concerning various elements of the main theme of the event and issues such as indigenous people and new media, cooperation between the United Nations and the media to promote indigenous rights, and strengthening the indigenous media will take place throughout the week. The first workshop will meet on Monday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Tuesday and Wednesday, sessions will start at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. On Thursday, there will be one session, at 10 a.m.
Interested United Nations Correspondents’ Association (UNCA) journalists are encouraged to attend and participate. Their valuable contribution will be appreciated.
For more information, please contact Ellen McGuffie, Department of Public Information, on (1-212) 963-0499, fax (1-212) 963-1186, or email mcguffie@un.org.
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