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IAPC Dubai Assembly on 24-25 April 2007

A two day meeting of the International Association of Press Clubs ( see: www.iapcworld.org ) in Dubai ended Wednesday with a joint declaration with the Arab Media Forum calling for increased efforts to safeguard working journalists around the world. (Full text of declaration below)

The declaration called for the immediate release of the BBC journalist Alan Johnston kidnapped on March 12th in Gaza. The statement went on to call on the international community "to take practical and legal measures to protect journalists working in dangerous places." The joint resolution
reminded several hundreds participants of the Arab Media Forum that at least 1000 journalists have been killed in hostile environments in the past ten years.

The International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC) was founded in 2002 as an organization to increase cooperation among international journalists, to uphold ethics, encourage free access to and distribution of information worldwide. The Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong was a
founding member. Fifteen clubs representing more than ten thousand members are active in the IAPC. In addition to the FCCHK, member organizations include the London Press Club, the Press Club of France, the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia (Delhi), the Overseas Press Club (New York), the Berlin Press Club, the Geneva Press Club, the Singapore Press Club, and the
Dubai Press Club.

Representatives of IAPC members met to discuss ways to increase the profile of the organization and promote the interests of cooperation among international press clubs. The organization resolved to explore ways to also promote the education of young journalists around the world. They agreed that the next General Assembly of the IAPC would be held in early 2008, hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia in New Delhi, India.

Joint Declaration By The Arab Media Forum & IAPC on April 2007

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Text of Declaration below:

JOINT DECLARATION BY THE ARAB MEDIA FORUM & THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF PRESS CLUBS. DUBAI 24-25 April, 2007

We, the participants in the Arab Media Forum, meeting in Dubai, join the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC), representing 10,000 journalists around the world in calling on the international community to take practical and legal measures to protect journalists working in
dangerous places, 1000 of whom have been killed in the past 10 years.

We call on all countries to capture and prosecute all those guilty of murder and violence against media personnel, including the local people who help journalists as drivers and translators in war zones.

In particular, we call for the immediate release of the BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in Gaza six weeks ago.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRESS CLUBS
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