"Fanning the Flame of Tolerance: The Role of the Media"

In this edition of the UN Chronicle E-Alert, we feature articles from past issues relevant to World Press Freedom Day, commemorated each year on 3 May, and to the theme of the third seminar in the Unlearning Intolerance educational series of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI): ¡§Fanning the Flame of Tolerance: The Role of the Media¡¨, which will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 3 May 2005 from 9:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Conference Room 2.

The seminar, which will also see the release of the "Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About¡¨¡X an annual list by DPI that shines a spotlight on some of the important international issues and developments that often do not get sufficient media attention¡Xwill examine ways to counter the effects of hate media and how the media can, should and, indeed, does educate people by ¡§fanning the flame of tolerance¡¨ through reporting and confronting manifestations of intolerance around the world.

 Related articles from the UN Chronicle on Media                                      
    UN Radio and Peacekeeping Missions: Providing a Bridge from War to Peace (Issue 4,   
    2004)                                                                                
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p70.html                            
                                                                                         
    ¡¥The UN Matters, But It Should Do More¡¦ : A Conversation with Journalists from       
    Bangladesh (Issue 4, 2004)                                                           
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p44.html                            
                                                                                         
    ¡¥A World Enabled¡¦ : Fighting for the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities  (    
    Issue 4, 2004)                                                                       
    ['Persons with disabilities' was cited among the 2004 Ten Stories the World Should   
    Hear More About ]                                                                    
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p12.html                            
                                                                                         
    Disarmament Through TV : Peace Education in Albania (Issue 3, 2004)                  
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue3/0304p59.asp                             
                                                                                         
    Helping Afghanistan With ¡¥My Voice and My Face¡¦. ¡X Anna Cataldi (Issue 3, 2004)      
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue3/0304p01.asp                             
                                                                                         
    'Straight Talk' by Youth [Young Reporters] (Issue 4, 2003)                           
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p58.asp                             
                                                                                         
    ESSAY : Education and the Freedom from Exclusion (Issue 2, 2001)                     
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue2/0102p47.htm                             
                                                                                         
    Journalists: Must They Remain Neutral in Conflict? (Issue 2, 1999)                   
    http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1999/issue2/0299p29.htm                             
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
    Educational links on World Press Freedom Day and on Media                            
                                                                                         
    Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About ¡X United Nations                        
    http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/                                                 
                                                                                         
    World Press Freedom Day ¡X United Nations                                             
    http://www.un.org/events/pressday                                                    
                                                                                         
    "Media and Good Governance" ¡X UNESCO                                                 
    http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18597&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.ht
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    Links for Journalists ¡X UNESCO                                                       
    http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=14903&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-473.h
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