BEIRUT: Lebanon will host the 63rd World Newspaper Congress next June, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) announced Thursday. As part of the congress, which is to be hosted by An-Nahar newspaper from June 7-10, 2010, Beirut will also host the international press for the 17th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo.
It will be the first time the congress is held in the Arab world, although Lebanon last year hosted the Third Annual Free Press Forum, also organized by WAN.
“The time is right for the world’s press to meet in the Arab world, which has so much influence on world affairs, where the media is developing at a rapid rate, but which continues to struggle with repression of the basic human right to freedom of expression,” said Timothy Balding, the co-CEO of WAN-IFRA.
“It is particularly appropriate to hold these meetings in Beirut, where the independent press has played a leading role for freedom and the right to speak out, not only in Lebanon, but in the entire Arab world,” Balding added.
WAN-IFRA, jointly based in France and Germany, is the global organization of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries.
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