Creation
	Members
	Last meeting

Creation

The Advisory Group for Press Freedom was established by UNESCO in 1995 to assist the Organisation in the celebration of World Press Freedom Day. Among its members, the Director-General selects the Jury who awards the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. It also contributes towards developing other initiatives aimed at promoting free and independent media throughout the world. Its members are all distinguished, international media professionals and the Advisory Group is currently presided by Ms Mia Doornaert, correspondent in France for De Standaard (Brussels) and a former president of the International Federation of Journalists.

Members

Mr Owais Aslam Ali President, Pakistan Press Foundation Mr Michail Berger Editor-in-Chief, "Sivodnya", Russia Mr Kavi Chongkittavorn Executive Editor, "The Nation", Thailand Mr Oliver Clarke President of the UNESCO Advisory Group for Press Freedom Chairman and Managing Director, "The Gleaner Group", Jamaica Ms Mia Doornaert Correspondent in France, De Standaard, Belgium Former President, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Mr Andrés García Lavín Director-General, Grupo SIPSE, México Former president, International Association of Broadcasters (IAB) Ms Ernestina Herrera de Noble Publisher, "Clarín", Argentina Nedal Mansour Editor-in-chief, general manager "Al-Hadath", Jordan Mr John Manyarara Former Chairperson of MISA Mr Pius Njawe Publisher, Le Messager, Cameroon President, Cameroonian Press Freedom Association Organisation (OCALIP) Mr Peter Preston Co-Director, "The Guardian", United Kingdom Mr Ernest Skalski Columnist, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland Mr Ghassan Tueni Chairman, An-Nahar Newspaper, Lebanon Mr Moegsin Williams Editor, Cape Argus, South Africa Mr Roger de Weck Editor in Chief, "Die Zeit", Germany Ms Daisy Yuet-Wah Li Hon. Secretary and former Vice Chairperson, The Hong Kong Journalists Association, China

Last meeting

In a meeting held in Paris in March 2000, the Group issued the following statement: "The UNESCO Advisory Group on Press Freedom commends the Organisation's approach in assisting independent news media in post-conflict zones, such as the Balkans, Great Lakes region of Africa, Cambodia and East Timor. That approach consists of identifying and fostering local independent broadcast and print press where they already exist and in helping them to come into being where they do not." "We are heartened that UNESCO has shared the view of the news media themselves that nothing should be imposed from the outside by external powers or agencies."