Miami (June 12) - The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) will be organizing a day-long conference on the "Acceptance of the Inter-American Declaration on Freedom of Expression" on Thursday, July 27, 2000. This event will be followed by the official inauguration of the Jules Dubois Building scheduled at 8:00 p.m.
During this conference, the IAPA intends to validate and support the Inter-American Declaration on Freedom of Expression drafted by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the Organization of American States. This declaration is based on the spirit of the Declaration of Chapultepec and intends to give this Declaration greater value and importance.
The conference will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a panel analyzing "The Declaration of Chapultepec and the Acceptance of the Inter-American Declaration." A second panel will focus on "Challenges to the Free Press." In the afternoon, a special panel will examine the Impunity Project and the network of reporters researching unpunished crimes against journalists. The final panel will look at the issue of professionalism in journalism education in the fight for freedom of expression. Confirmed special guests include Former President of Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro, and Former President of Uruguay, Julio María Sanguinetti.
In the evening, the IAPA will be inviting local government officials, as well as friends of the IAPA from all over the world for a special reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate its new headquarters.
The IAPAs new headquarters is located in the Brickell area of downtown Miami. The building has been named after Jules Dubois - Latin American correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during the middle part of the century and early member of the IAPA. He was Chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information for 15 years (1950-1965). Renovations are under way to include a Boardroom where officers will conduct their meetings, a library which will contain a wide variety of reference materials on press freedom, and an auditorium where the IAPA will conduct frequent seminars, workshops and conferences in an effort to strengthen the organizations presence in the fight for freedom of the press in the Americas. The Jules Dubois building was purchased thanks to a grant offered to the IAPA by the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation.
The new IAPA address is: Inter American Press Association, 1801 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129. The organizations telephone, fax and e-mail has remained the same.
If you would like more information about the Conference on the Acceptance of the Inter-American Declaration on Freedom of Expression or the Official Inauguration of the Jules Dubois Building, please contact the IAPA headquarters.
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