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Latvia shares its experience on the role of the media in the integration

BC, Riga, 05.10.2015.Print version
Between 21st September and 2nd October 2015, Warsaw, Poland, hosted the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of OSCE participating States. Bahtijors Hasans, the Ambassador of Latvia to the UN, OSCE and other international organisations, and Ambassador Aiga Liepiņa, the Director of the International Organisations and Human Rights Department at the Foreign Ministry headed the Latvian delegation at the HDIM, reported BC the Latvian MFA.

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At a side event to the Working Session on Tolerance and Non-discrimination, which was dedicated to national minority issues, the delegations of Latvia, Sweden and Norway organised a discussion, entitled “The Role of Media in the Integration of Society”. One of the participants was Olga Dragiļeva, a journalist from the Latvian Television (Latvijas Televīzija) public broadcasting company offered her insights into media activities in Latvia and current challenges. She also shared her experiences on projects, which have been implemented successfully.

 

Christoffer Lärkner, Desk Officer of the Division for Media and Film at the Ministry of Culture of Sweden, presented information on how Sweden ensures the accessibility of the media for audiences speaking in different languages. Anne Hege Simonsen, a journalist and social anthropologist from Akershus University College in Norway, characterised aspects of media choices amongst various ethnic and language groups from socio-anthropological perspective. Members of NGOs and human rights activists, as well as experts from OSCE institutions and the official delegations of OSCE member states took part in this discussion.

 

The discussion was moderated by Edijs Bošs, Assistant Professor at Riga Stradiņš University and a correspondent and anchor of Channel TV3 in Latvia.

 

Every autumn in Warsaw, the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) hosts the Human Dimension Implementation Meetings (HDIM) Europe’s largest annual human rights and democracy conference. The HDIM brings together government officials, international experts, representatives of non-governmental organisations and human rights activists.

 






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