Prince Faisal bin Salman opens Workshop on media role in

RIYADH, March 09, SPA -- Prince Faisal bin Salman, Chairman of the
Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) and Chairman of the board
of directors of the Prince Ahmed Bin Salman Applied Media Institute,
inaugurated a two-day media workshop at the Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh
yesterday.


The event has been organized by the Integrated Regional Information
Networks (IRIN) of the United Nations in cooperation with the Prince
Ahmed Bin Salman Institute.


The lectures will focus on the role of media in humanitarian
affairs. Participants included Saudi journalists from print and
broadcast media, according to a report published today by Arab News.


Thanking the United Nations for sponsoring the event in cooperation
with the local media institute, Prince Faisal bin Salman said the
workshop would create awareness among the local journalists to react
efficiently to humanitarian crises while they are in the field.


Describing it as a forward march in disseminating accurate
information from the Arab and Gulf countries, Prince Faisal bin
Salman urged the participants to make the best use of the discussions
at the forum that includes lectures by UN experts.

On his part, Pat Banks, chief communication and information officer
of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),
said the workshop was meant to advise media professionals how to deal
with organizations in times of humanitarian problems.

--SPA