The Public Council on Freedom of Speech and Information, together with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information, invites media representatives to participate in the III Forum of Journalists "For Transparent Elections," held with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.
The Forum will take place on July 1, 2004 (Thursday) in Kyiv at the Teachers' House (57 Volodymyrska St., near the "Teatralna" metro station).
Registration begins at 10:00, the forum begins at 11:00, and ends at 17:00.
Representatives of mass media, people's deputies of Ukraine, representatives of central executive bodies, members of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, representatives of the Supreme Court, and others have been invited to participate in the Forum.
The Forum plans to address the following issues:
- Rights and obligations of the media and journalists during the campaign for the elections of the President of Ukraine.
- Powers of government bodies (the Central Election Commission, the Supreme Court, the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, regulatory bodies regarding the media).
- Lawsuits against the media during the election campaign and mechanisms and procedures for protection against them.
- Mechanisms for protecting the media from economic pressure during the election campaign.
Forum participants will be offered the text of the Forum Resolution for discussion and adoption. A practical guide "Media Activity During the Election Campaign" will be presented at the Forum.
You can report your participation in the Forum via the contacts listed below.
Later, participants will be sent a detailed agenda of the Forum.
If you wish to make a speech (up to 5 min.) at the Forum, please indicate this separately, specifying the approximate topic of the speech. Contacts: tel. (044) 296 86 32, fax (044) 296 83 34, email gr_rada@i.com.ua.
Mobile 8-050 914 99 39.
Contact person - Olena Kuranda