Kuala Lumpur, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Non Aligned Movement has agreed Tuesday to create the NAM News Network, replacing its news agencies Pool in an effort to help Third World countries spread their information.
The decision was taken at the 6th Conference of Ministers of Information of Non Aligned Countries (COMINAC) that closed Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative from 70 nations attended the meeting.
COMINAC believes that the network will effect a more sustained and efficient flow of news and information among member nations and other developing countries.
The ministers noted that despite efforts by the Iranian News Agency´s (IRNA) to make the Non Aligned News Agencies Pool a success "it has for many years been inactive due to declining support from member countries."
The Kuala lumpur Declaration on Nam Information and Communication Collaboration said members should urgently take advantage of the decreasing costs of communications and easy access to internet services worldwide to increase information linkages among them.
The ministers also agreed to renew efforts to revitalize Broadcasting Organisation of Non Aligned Countries (BONAC) to ensure that it played its role in disseminating information via radio and television among member nations and other countries.
NAM should initiate steps for establishing international norms, ethics and/or code of conduct for the media.
