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18136
Fri, 09/05/2008 - 12:41
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ISTANBUL TO HOST NEXT OANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
By Yong Soo Heong
BAKU (Azerbaijan), Sept 5 (Bernama) -- Istanbul will host the next General Assembly of the Organisation of Asia Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in 2010, said OANA president Dr Ahmad Muchlis Yusuf.
Speaking at the conclusion of the 30th OANA Executive Board meeting here Wednesday, he said the Turkish news agency, Anadolu, had offered to host the meeting since Istanbul had been designated as the European culture capital for that year.
Dr Ahmad Muchlis said the venue for the next OANA Executive Board meeting had yet to be finalised although Iran's Mehr News Agency had tentatively offered
to host it next year.
On other matters, he said the meeting in Istanbul would decide on the issue
of subscription by member agencies as some of them had fallen behind in their
payments.
Bernama Editor-in-Chief Yong Soo Heong suggested that the annual
subscription be halved to US$6,000 from US$12,000 as some smaller news agencies
may be facing financial constraints.
OANA has 41 members from 33 countries.
The meeting also agreed on a revenue-sharing formula for new contracts
secured by member agencies for marketing news content from OANA.
News agencies will get to keep 60 per cent of the proceeds while the rest
would go to OANA.
Dr Ahmad Muchlis said the OANA Secretariat in Jakarta also took note of the
offer by Russia's Itar-TASS News Agency and Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency
(IRNA) to co-ordinate journalism courses.
He also said that the OANA Secretariat would be working with international
environmental organisations to create better awareness on environmental concerns
such as global warming.
-- BERNAMA
BAKU (Azerbaijan), Sept 5 (Bernama) -- Istanbul will host the next General Assembly of the Organisation of Asia Pacific News Agencies (OANA) in 2010, said OANA president Dr Ahmad Muchlis Yusuf.
Speaking at the conclusion of the 30th OANA Executive Board meeting here Wednesday, he said the Turkish news agency, Anadolu, had offered to host the meeting since Istanbul had been designated as the European culture capital for that year.
Dr Ahmad Muchlis said the venue for the next OANA Executive Board meeting had yet to be finalised although Iran's Mehr News Agency had tentatively offered
to host it next year.
On other matters, he said the meeting in Istanbul would decide on the issue
of subscription by member agencies as some of them had fallen behind in their
payments.
Bernama Editor-in-Chief Yong Soo Heong suggested that the annual
subscription be halved to US$6,000 from US$12,000 as some smaller news agencies
may be facing financial constraints.
OANA has 41 members from 33 countries.
The meeting also agreed on a revenue-sharing formula for new contracts
secured by member agencies for marketing news content from OANA.
News agencies will get to keep 60 per cent of the proceeds while the rest
would go to OANA.
Dr Ahmad Muchlis said the OANA Secretariat in Jakarta also took note of the
offer by Russia's Itar-TASS News Agency and Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency
(IRNA) to co-ordinate journalism courses.
He also said that the OANA Secretariat would be working with international
environmental organisations to create better awareness on environmental concerns
such as global warming.
-- BERNAMA
