62nd
General Assembly
Mexico City, Mexico
September 29 to October 3, 2006
Camino Real Hotel
Reports and Resolutions
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APPRECIATION
Resolution of the 62nd General Assembly
Mexico City, Mexico
September 29 – October 3, 2006
WHEREAS
our Host Committee, chaired by Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, El Universal, Mexico
City, Mexico, and consisting of Andrés García Lavín and
Andrés García Gamboa, Grupo SIPSE, Novedades de Quintana Roo;
Luis Enrique Mercado Sánchez, El Economista; Carlos Álvarez del
Castillo, El Informador; Miguel Valladares García, Pulso de San Luis;
Idelfonso Salido Ibarra, El Debate; Carlos Alberto Salinas Valdés, El
Diario de Coahuila; Gonzalo Leaño Reyes, Ocho Columnas; Miguel Medina
Robles, La Voz de Michoacán; Juan Fernando Healy Loera, El Imparcial;
Armando Castilla Galindo, Vanguardia de Saltillo; Enrique Gómez Orozco,
AM; Alfredo Jiménez de Sandi, Imagen de Zacatecas; and Antonio González
Karg, El Siglo de Torreón; Asociación de Editores de los Estados,
Mexico, D.F.; provided a hospitable and friendly environment conducive to professional
and social activities
WHEREAS
the General Assembly received the generous support of the following organizations,
which sponsored hospitality events, provided services and furnished useful and
informative material: FEMSA, Corporación Durango, Televisión Azteca,
Telcel, Telmex, Grupo Maseca, Grupo Financiero Banorte, PR Newswire, Savia/Vector,
Mexicana de Aviación, Bimbo, Notimex, Grupo Durango-Pipsa, GRUMA, as
well as the states of Mexico, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Chihuahua,
Hidalgo, Quintana Roo, Coahuila, Puebla, Sonora, Durango, Jalisco and Sinaloa
WHEREAS
the President of Mexico, Vicente Fox Quesada, officially opened the IAPA General
Assembly and addressed the participants
WHEREAS
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, the President-elect of Mexico, also addressed
members and guests
WHEREAS
Thomas Shannon, United States Assistant Secretary of State, spoke to members
and guests about “New Challenges for the Americas”
WHEREAS
Felipe Solís, director of the National Museum of Anthropology; Víctor
García de la Concha, director of the Real Academia Española; José
G. Moreno de Alba, director of Mexican Academy on Language; Carlos Alberto Montaner,
writer and columnist; Juan Luis Cebrián, Grupo Prisa, El País,
Madrid, Spain; and Juan Ramón de la Fuente, rector, National Autonomous
University of Mexico, accepted the invitation of the Inter American Press Association
to address the members and their guests
WHEREAS
a number of prominent individuals gave important seminars and participated in
roundtable discussions on the digital media, including Len Apcar, deputy news
editor, The International Herald Tribune, Hong Kong, China, and former editor
in chief, NYTimes.com; Mario Tascón, editor in chief for content, PrisaCom,
Madrid, Spain, Kinsey Wilson, vice president and executive editor, USA Today,
United States; Bruno Patiño, president, Le Monde Interactif, France;
Rosental Alves, Knight Professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas,
Austin, Texas; Jim Brady, vice president and executive editor, thewashingtonpost.com;
Jan Schaffer, executive director, Interactive Journalism Institute (J-Lab),
University of Maryland; Joyce Jane, editor, O Globo Online, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; Alma Delia Fuentes, Prisa, Mexico; Robert Picard, professor of media
economics and director, Center for Media Management and Transformation, International
Business School, University of Jönköping, Sweden; Aldo van Weezel,
researcher, Center for Media Management and Transformation, International Business
School, University of Jönköping, Sweden; Tim Parsa, editor, Todito.com;
Mookie Tenenbaum, United Virtualities, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Jim Brady, vice
president and executive editor, thewashingtonpost.com; Bruno López, vice
president and general manager, Univisión.com; Ignacio Catalán,
managing director, eluniversal.com.mx; Coordinator: Fabricio Altamirano, editor,
El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador
WHEREAS
several individuals of note offered special presentations, such as L. Gordon
Crovitz, publisher, The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, and executive
chairman of the Consumer Media Group of Dow Jones & Company; Introduction
by William E. Casey, Jr., Dow Jones & Company, New York, New York; Pierre
Louette, president and general director, AFP; Thomas Kent, deputy managing editor/news
services, AP; Betty Wong, news editor, Reuters; Alex Grijelmo, President, EFE
;Carlos Monsiváis, writer and journalist, Mexico; Facundo Landívar,
La Nación, Argentina; Salvador Frausto, editorial coordinator, Gatopardo
magazine
WHEREAS
a number of important figures participated on interesting panels, such as Patrick
A. Yack, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida; Alonso Lujambio, Federal
Institute for Access to Public Information, Mexico; Rossana Fuentes-Beráin,
journalist and analyst, Mexico, Lydia Cacho, journalist, Mexico; Beatriz Mojica
Morga, legislator, Mexico; Asdrúbal Aguiar, El Impulso, Barquisimeto,
Venezuela )
WHEREAS
personalities in the world of journalism took part in special activities, such
as Rossana Fuentes, editor of the Spanish edition of Foreign Affairs, Ana María
Salazar, former adviser for Latin America for president Bill Clinton; Carmen
Arístegui, a journalist of W. Radio, CNN en español, Mexico
WHEREAS
there was a fruitful discussion between newspaper editors and deans of journalism
schools moderated by Tony Pederson, Southern Methodist University, Texas, including
Silvia Pellegrini, Universidad Católica de Chile; Alicia Casermeiro,
Universidad Católica Argentina; Lourdes Durán Hernández,
UNAM; Gabriela Warketin, Universidad Iberoamericana, Fernando Gutiérrez
Cortes, Instituto de Estudios Superiores of Monterrey; Claudia Magallanes Bravo,
Universidad de las Américas; and José Luis Vázquez Baeza,
Carlos Septien Journalism School
WHEREAS
Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, president of the Institute for Liberty
and Democracy, delivered the keynote address titled “New Ideas, New Realities
in Latin America”
WHEREAS
Carlos Slim, president of Grupo Carso, and Felipe González, former Prime
Minister of Spain, held a discussion titled “Globalization, Economics
and Democracy”
WHEREAS
the IAPA staff has done excellent work, making it possible for the activities
of this Assembly to progress in an efficient manner
WHEREAS
the 62nd General Assembly was a resounding success in every way
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES
to express, on behalf of the president, officers, Board of Directors, and members,
its deepest gratitude and appreciation to all the people and companies that
contributed and provided support to this 62nd General Assembly.
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