62nd
General Assembly
Mexico City, Mexico
September 29 to October 3, 2006
Camino Real Hotel
Reports and Resolutions
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VENEZUELA
II
Resolution of the Midyear Meeting
Quito, Ecuador
WHEREAS
Marco Hernández, who identified himself as a Venezuelan journalist and
later as president of the nongovernmental organization Journalists for Truth,
spoke up during the March 18 discussion of the country-by-country reports on
press freedom
WHEREAS
Hernández excoriated the IAPA as an organization of media owners and
criticized the content of the Venezuela report
WHEREAS
he said that the Quito newspapers Hoy and El Comercio refused to sell him advertising
space for information on the political situation in Venezuela, and he left the
room as soon as he finished speaking
WHEREAS
representatives of both newspapers denied that such advertising space had been
requested or denied
WHEREAS
on March 20, during the approval of the country-by-country reports and resolutions,
Venezuelan legislator Daniel Hernández spoke up and stated that there
is full freedom of information in his country in accordance with international
standards, and he said he would be glad to welcome an IAPA delegation at the
National Assembly and the Ministry of Information
WHEREAS
the Venezuelan delegation of the IAPA had previously requested that a mission
be sent to confirm, observe, and analyze violations of press freedom in Venezuela
THE MIDYEAR MEETING OF THE
IAPA RESOLVES
to send an international
mission to Venezuela to collect further information on the current status of
freedom of expression and press freedom in the country, and thereby follow up
on the many previous IAPA missions to Venezuela during the current administration.
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