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FYI<br>
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Sabine Paffenholz<br>
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<td>Conference Update / Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, 2-4
June 2008, Bonn, Germany</td>
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<td>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:05:12 +0100</td>
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<p><img src="cid:part1.02000507.02010307@uni-bonn.de" height="107" width="640"><font size="4"><br>
</font>The Global Media Forum will bring together around 1000 renowned
representatives from the fields of media and politics, culture and
economics, peace building and science who want to shape new solutions
for peace and conflict prevention. Main topics are:<br>
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<li>Worldwide deploymentâ€" what can and must Europe do to prevent
conflicts?
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<li>Crisis prevention via media intervention
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<li>Crouching tiger, hidden dragon - economic development, political
stability and the role of the media in Asia
</li>
<li>How can the truth survive? In Africa journalists are often caught
between the fronts </li>
<li>Reading between the lies - perception and prejudice in the Middle
East</li>
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Many international organizations are actively supporting the Global
Media Forum. <b>KAS, GTZ, BICC, InWent, FOME</b>, <b>CPJ/New York,
Reporters Without Borders Berlin/Paris, IPI/Vienna, AMIC/Singapore,
ABU/Kuala Lumpur, AIBD/Kuala Lumpur, UNHCR/Geneva, DART Center
Cologne/London, Search for Common Ground/Washington, the Academy for
Communication and Information of the German Army, UN Peacebuilding
Support Office/New York, IFJ/Brussels, INSI/London, ...</b><br>
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Some of the invited or confirmed keynote speakers/experts include: <b>Dr.
Shirin Ebadi,</b> Peace Nobel Laureate, Iran, <b>Angelina Jolie</b>,
Goodwill Ambassador to the UNHCR (tbc), <b>Frank-Walter Steinmeier</b>,
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of
Germany, <b>Dr. Dimitrij Rupel</b>, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Slovenia, President of the EU General Affairs and External
Relations Council, <b>Andreas Krautscheid, </b>Minister for Federal
Affairs, Europe and Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, <b>Antoine
Schwarz</b>, Managing Director, Radio France Internationale, <b>Dan
Austin</b>, Director, Voice of America, ...<br>
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An international photo exhibition on the theme of "Child Soldiers" will
be officially opened during the Global Media Forum. <br>
Participants can register online at <a href="http://www.dw-gmf.de/conference_2008/314.php" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.dw-gmf.de/conference_2008/314.php</a>.<br>
Press accreditation is only available via fax. The fax form can be
downloaded as a PDF document at <a href="http://www.dw-gmf.de/download/Press_eng.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.dw-gmf.de/download/Press_eng.pdf</a><br>
Please fax your press accreditation request along with a copy of valid
press credentials to +49 (0)228 429 2140. <br>
For all other information on the conference and the full programme
schedule:<br>
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<a href="http://www.dw-world.de/globalmediaforum" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><b><u><font color="#ff9933">www.dw-world.de/globalmediaforum</font></u></b></a><br>
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The event is sponsored by: Foundation for International Dialogue of the
Savings Bank in Bonn, Federal Foreign Office, the State Government of
North-Rhine Westfalia, DHL, City of Bonn, VT Communications and
Blatzheim Networks Telecom, Cologne.<br>
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<b>Conference Secretariat</b><br>
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum <br>
Organisation: DW â€" MEDIA SERVICES GmbH <br>
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3 <br>
53113 Bonn, Germany <br>
Phone: +49.228.429-2142 <br>
Fax: +49.228.429-2140 <br>
<a href="mailto:gmf@dw-world.de" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><u>gmf@dw-world.de</u></a><br>
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<b>Conference Update: </b><b>(sorry for any cross-posting)</b>
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