Reunión de Medio Año





 

 

61ª Asamblea General
The Westin Hotel
Indianápolis, Indiana
7 al 11 de octubre de 2005


Informes por país

Argentina Aruba Bolivia Brasil Canadá Caribe
Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador
Estados Unidos Guatemala Haití  Honduras  México  Nicaragua
Panamá Paraguay Perú Puerto Rico R. Dominicana Uruguay
Venezuela          

Argentina

WHEREAS

a study by the nongovernmental organization Poder Ciudadano reiterates that in the first half of 2005, just as in 2004, the national government placed government advertising without following objective criteria

WHEREAS

an IAPA study at the beginning of this year reported that the government used placement of its advertising to reward or punish media outlets and journalists, and this situation was not corrected

WHEREAS

this corrupt practice occurs as well in provinces and cities

WHEREAS

 

Article 6 of the Declaration of Chapultepec states, “The media and journalists should neither be discriminated against nor favored because of what they write or say”

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES

to reiterate to the respective national authorities that in placement of government advertising, they must follow technical norms and guarantee transp