Miami (July 19, 2000).
- The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) will hold a conference on
the "The Inter-American Declaration on Freedom of Expression"
on Thursday, July 27, 2000 and will inaugurate the Jules Dubois Building,
IAPAs new headquarters, with the attendance of former presidents Violeta
Chamorro of Nicaragua and Julio María Sanguinetti of Uruguay.
During the day-long conference, a panel will study and discuss the restrictions
on press freedom in the Western Hemisphere and will make a comparative analysis
with the fundamental aspects of the Declaration of Chapultepec, which contains
ten principles necessary for a free press.
A second panel will focus on the challenges to press freedom and then will
address some matters of the impunity project and the immediate response
group, which have been promoted by the IAPA. The final panel will look at
the issue of professionalism in journalism education in the fight for freedom
of expression.
The Uruguayan ex-president Sanguinetti will be speak during the luncheon
on the most compelling matters regarding free speech and free press.
The Jules Dubois Building, where the new offices will be, is to be inaugurated
in the evening of July 27th. Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas and Mayor
Joe Carollo of the City of Miami will participate in the official ceremony
and reception among other community leaders as well as IAPA members and
friends of all parts of the world. Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Wenski will impart
his blessing on the new headquarters.
The IAPAs new offices are located in the Brickell area of downtown Miami
at 1801 S.W. 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129. 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).
Thanks to the generosity of the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation the
building purchased will hold a Boardroom, a library and an auditorium where
a variety of activities of the organization will take place.