[cr-india] AMARC has a brief page on Wikipedia... maybe CRForum India also needs one...

[Frederick Noronha]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Association_of_Community_Radio_Broadcasters

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (French:
Association Mondiale Des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires, AMARC) is the
international umbrella organization of community radio broadcasters
founded in 1983, with nearly 3,000 members in 110 countries.

AMARC's mission is to support and contribute to the development of
community and participatory radio along the principals of solidarity
and international cooperation.

AMARC's Declaration of Principles states, among other things, that
members of AMARC:

    * Contribute to the expression of different social, political and
cultural movements, and to the promotion of all initiatives supporting
peace, friendship among peoples.
    * Recognize the fundamental and specific role of women in
establishing new communication practices.
    * Express through their programming:

        the sovereignty and independence of all peoples;
        solidarity and non-intervention in the internal affairs of
other countries;
        international cooperation based on the creation of permanent
and widespread ties based on equality, reciprocity, and mutual
respect;
        non-discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual
preference or religion; and
        respect for the cultural identity of peoples.

AMARC is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange
(IFEX), a global network of non-governmental organisations that
monitors free expression violations worldwide and defends journalists,
writers, Internet users and others who are persecuted for exercising
their right to freedom of expression.

It is also involved in the Tunisia Monitoring Group, a coalition of 16
free expression groups that campaigns to end human rights violations
in Tunisia.

Members of AMARC gather every 3-4 years for AMARC's general
assemblies. At the November 2006 assembly in Amman, Jordan, members
elected a new international board of directors and endorsed a
strategic plan for the next 4 years. The next general assembly will be
held in 2010 at a yet to be determined location.

[edit] See also

    * Alternative media

[edit] External links

    * AMARC's website
    * AMARC's Wiki
    * IFEX

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