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UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
 
UNESCO Advisory Group for Press Freedom
Members of the Jury of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Prize []

   Creation
   Role
   Members

 

  Creation
 
1995


  Role
 
  • Help UNESCO to prepare World Press Freedom Day
  • Promote other international initiatives in support of press freedom

  •   Members
     

    This autonomous committee is composed of the following media professionnals:

      Mia Doornaert, President of the Advisory Group
         Correspondent in France, De Standaart, Belgium
         Former President, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

      Mikhail Berger
         Editor-in-chief, " Sivodnya ", Russia

      Oliver Clarke
         Chairman and Managing Director " The Gleaner Group ", Jamaica

      Andres Garcia Lavin
         Director General, Grupo SIPSE, Mexico
         Former president, International Association of Broadcasters (IAB)

  • Ernestina Herrera de Noble
          Publisher," Clarin ", Argentina

      Cushrow Irani
         Editor in Chief and Managing Director, The Statesman, India
         Former President, International Press Institute (IPI)

      Kavi Chongkittavorn
         Executive Editor, " The Nation ", Thailand

  • John Manyarara
          Former Chairperson, Zimbabwe Media Council and Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
          Trust Funds Board, Zimbabwe

      Pius Njawe
         Publisher, Le Messager, Cameroon
         President, Cameroonian Press Freedom Association Organisation (OCALIP)

  • Peter Preston
          Editor-in-chief " The Guardian ", United Kingdom

  • Paddy Shermann
          Canada


    New Members

      Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
         Columnist, Al-Ahram Newspaper, Egypt

      Ernest Skalski
         Columnit, " Gazata Wyborcza" , Poland

      Ghassan Tueni
         Chairman, An-Nahar Newspaper, Lebanon

      Moegsin Williams
         Editor, " Cape Argus ", South Africa

      Roger de Weck
         Editor in Chief " Die Zeit ", Germany

  • Daisy Yuet-wah Li
         Hon. Secretary and former Vice Chairperson, the Hong Kong Journalists Association, China


    Outgoing Members

  • Elie Abel, Etats-Unis
  • Hisanori Isomura, Japon
  • Gwen Lister, Namibie
  • Claude Moisy, France
  • Cornel Nistorescu, Roumanie
  • Egor Yakovlev, Russie

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