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2007 is SAARC Media Year
Friday, 17 December 2004, 20:30 IST
KATHMANDU: Information ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) adopted Friday an 11-point plan of action that calls for observing 2007 as SAARC Media Year.
The Media Year will enhance multilateral media cooperation and ensure free flow of information among member states, Xinhua reports quoting the SAARC Secretariat based here.
"The agenda recommends all member countries to reduce postal and telecommunication rates for media transmission and information materials and hold annual meetings of heads of national radio, TV and news agencies of the SAARC nations," the secretariat said in a press release.
The release calls for implementing of the recommendations made by the previous SAARC information ministers' meeting with regard to relaxing the visa regime for accredited journalists.
It also calls for ensuring a free flow of information, newspapers and periodicals and information exchange between the national news agencies of the member countries.
Source: IANS
Source: IANS