[cr-india] cr-india Digest, Vol 39, Issue 9 Wikipedia CRForum

[Sharath]

It would be meaningful to have an expanded wiki entry under 'community
radio' for India.
Also AMARC being the world assoc for comm radio, represents out country
among many others.


On 2/7/07, cr-india-request at sarai.net <cr-india-request at sarai.net> wrote:
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>   1.  AMARC has a brief page on Wikipedia... maybe CRForum     India
>      also needs one... (Frederick Noronha)
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> Subject: [cr-india] AMARC has a brief page on Wikipedia... maybe
>        CRForum India also needs one...
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Association_of_Community_Radio_Broadcasters
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> 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.
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> 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:
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>    * 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:
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>        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.
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> 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.
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> [edit] See also
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>    * Alternative media
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> [edit] External links
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>    * AMARC's website
>    * AMARC's Wiki
>    * IFEX
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