Unesco to help draft Myanmar media law
February 4th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANSYangon, Feb 4 (IANS) Myanmar will draft a media law with help from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the official media reported Saturday.
The information ministry is drafting the law in accordance with international and regional norms, Xinhua quoted the daily New Light of Myanmar as saying.
Both sides will hold a discussion on the proposed law that guarantee press freedom, responsibility and accountability in promoting democracy.
Meanwhile, the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association (MWJA) and Singapore’s Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) Monday jointly organised a workshop here on media development in democratic society. Representatives from Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the US took part.
The workshop discussed media-related laws and publication.
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