UIORLD PREOOI III IIKMIIOO1IIII111111 A Coordination Group of National and International News Media Organizations October 6, 1998 His Excellency Kofi A. Annan Secretary-General E 6 E 0 W United Nations Room 3800, United Nations Headquarters New York, NY 10017 EXECUTIVE OFFICE Dear Mr. Secretary-General, OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL to your ^ ^ week. Your topic — 'Regardless of Frontiers:' Article 19 in a World of Sovereign States — is certainly most appropriate in this 50th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We anticipate a packed house at the Madison Hotel, and I know that you will be pleased with the reception you find there. Enclosed please find a list of those individuals who have 'Indurated they will be with us for the luncheon and lecture. Responses continue to come in, so the list could change somewhat. To give you an idea of the schedule for this event, here is a general outline: We have invited guests for 12:30 p.m., to leave time for settling down and for a glass of wine. We can begin the program at 1 p.m. or once you've had a chance to enjoy your lunch and become comfortable. Jim Ottaway, Jr., our chairman, will introduce you briefly and will acknowledge the presence of at least four press freedom heroes ~ Doan Viet Hoat of Vietnam; Christine Anyanwu of Nigeria; Kenneth Best of Liberia and Gambia; and Yndimiro Restano of Cuba. Following your address, .if you are willing, _we w|ll entertain ^Jguesy_pns_fi;pJ]yhe_audience. And at some time during the program, if you agree, it would be wonderful if you would give your end^ement to the Char foraFreePress, whi^hjvejike to_call_an impement for putting Article 19 intojpractice. We would also appreciate the opportunity to make photographs with Jim and other key people present, . --- ------ - -~- ------ ....-.^^^vA^j.— .._— •^~^^..w*r.T.™-"^-vA— .~-..~ --- — «i-^— ..^^.n..-.,..". ..... .*... --- *, —r _Vi-^..*- -_, ----- .- ,..., ------ „,,.,. ..f.,^,-... , „ .,.,-.,,,.:,«„...,,.. .... ...**, .A',...-.o,- - ,._J-JJ.-.*LI_EJ, . •- . — and this time can be kept brief. If you have any questions or suggestions, I hope you will feel free to be inlouch with us. We want this to be a rewarding experience for all involved, and we welcome your thoughts. Once again, we thank you for accepting our invitation to deliver this important address. I know it will reach key policymakers in not only Washington, but around the world, and we deeply appreciate the opportunity to host this event. Sincerely, loTsii-lJ- Marilyn J. Greene Executive Director WPFC, 11690-C Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20191 USA Tel: (703) 715-9811 FAX: (703) 620-6790 e-mail: [email protected] WORLD PRESS FREEDOM COMMITTEE OFFICERS James H. Ottaway, Jr., Chairman Marilyn J. Greene, Executive Director Ronald Koven, European Senior Vice President, Dow Jones World Press Freedom Committee Representative & Company, Inc. 11690-C Sunrise Valley Drive 9, place du President Mithouard Chairman, Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. Reston, Virginia 20191 75007 Paris 200 Liberty St. Tel: (703)715-9811 France New York, N.Y. 10281 Fax: (703) 620-6790 Tel: (331) 4783-3988 Tel: (212) 416-3024 Fax: (331)4566-8302 OFFICERS Harold W. Andersen Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Mochtar Lubis Omaha World-Herald The New York Times Company Press Foundation of Asia James H. Ottaway, Jr. Omaha, Nebraska New York, New York Jakarta, Indonesia Dow Jones & Company, Inc.: ; Pedro Cresp8 de' Lara '.: .f i •' Reid MacCluggage Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. Asociacion de Editores de AP Managing Editors New York, N.Y. Diarios Espanoles Association Chairman DIRECTORS Jerry W. Friedheim The Day Harold W. Andersen Kenneth B. Allen New London, Connecticut The Newseum National Newspaper Omaha World-Herald Arlington, Virginia Morgan McGinley Omaha, Nebraska Association Andres Garcia Lavin Arlington, Virginia National Conference of Chairman Emeritus Editorial Writers Novedades de Yucatan Osamu Asano Pedro Crespo de Lara Merida, Mexico The Day Asociacion de Editores de Nihon Shinbun Kyokai New London, Connecticut Diarips Espanoles Marilyn J. Greene Tokyo, Japan World Press Freedom Committee Monica Miller Madrid, Spain Fred Brown Pacific Islands News Vice Chairman Henry Grunwald Society of Professional Association Andres Garcia Lavin New York, New York Journalists Pago Pago, American Samoa Denver, Colorado Novedades de Yucatan Cushrow R. Irani Curtis Prendergast Merida, Mexico The Statesman, India Oliver F. Clarke Trappe, Maryland Vice Chairman Inter American Press Leonard H. Marks Linn Rounds Henry Grunwald Association Cohn & Marks The Gleaner National Federation of New York, New York Press Women Vice Chairman Claude Moisy Kingston, Jamaica Paris, France Cheyenne, Wyoming Cushrow R. Irani Barbara Cochran Bill Roberts Radio-Television News Charles S. Rowe The Statesman, India The Free Lance-Star Vice Chairman North American National Directors Association Broadcasters Association, Toronto Washington, D.C. Fredericksburg, Virginia Leonard H. Marks Scott Schurz Ann K. Cooper John Schidlovsky Conn & Marks, Pew Fellowships in Washington, D.C. Herald Times Committee to Protect Journalists Bloomington, Indiana New York, New York International Journalism Treasurer & Counsel Washington, D.C. John Simpson John Corporon Marilyn J. Greene Petr Schonfeld Reston, Virginia USA TODAY Overseas Press Club Arlington, Virginia New York, New York Czech Publishers Association Secretary and Executive Director Prague, Czech Republic Khun Suthichai Yoon Linda K. Foley Dana H. Sullen Edward Seaton Reston, Virginia The Nation The Newspaper Guild-CWA Bangkok, Thailand Washington, D.C. American Society of Senior Adviser Newspaper Editors Edward 0. Fritts The Manhattan Mercury National Associaton of Manhattan, Kansas EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Broadcasters Washington, D.C. Paddy Sherman Helen K. Copley Canadian Newspaper Association James H. Ottaway, Jr. Lucy Harr Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; Copley Press, Inc. Vancouver, B.C. La Jolla, California Association for Women in Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. Communications John F. Sturm Chairman Lee Hills Madison, Wisconsin Newspaper Association Horacio Aguirre Knight-Ridder, Inc., Miami of America Harold Hoyte Vienna, Virginia Diario Las Americas Allen H. Neuharth The Nation Miami, Florida The Freedom Forum Barbados, West Indies Leonard R. Sussman Dr. Hector Oscar Amengual Arlington, Virginia Freedom House Jane Kirtley New York, New York International Association of Charles E. Scripps Reporters Committee for Freedom Broadcasting Scripps-Howard Newspapers of the Press Frans Vink Montevideo, Uruguay Cincinnati, Ohio Arlington, Virginia Lasne, Belgium WORLD PRESS FREEDOM COMMITTEE AFFILIATES American Society of Newspaper Associated Press Managing Editors Hong Kong Journalists Association Newspaper Guild-CWA Editors Association Inter American Press Association Nihon Shinbun Kyokai American Women in Radio and Association for Women in International Association of North American National Television, Inc. Communications Broadcasting Broadcasters Association Asia-Pacific Institute for Bloque de Prensa-Venezuela International Press Institute Organisation Camerounaise pour la Broadcasting Development Bonneville International Corp. International Women's Media Liberte de la Presse (OCALIP) Asociacion de Diarios Colombianos Brazilian Newspaper Association Foundation Overseas Press Club (Andiarios) Canadian Newspaper Association National Association of Pacific Islands News Association Asociacion de Editores de Diarios Central and Eastern European Broadcasters Pakistan Press Foundation Espanoles Media Centre-Warsaw National Conference of Editorial Press Foundation of Asia Asociacion de Entidades Committee to Protect Journalists Writers Radio-Television News Directors Periodisticas Argentines Commonwealth Press Union National Federation of Press Association Association of Hungarian Czech Publishers Association Women Reporters Committee for Freedom Journalists Federation of Australian Radio National Newspaper Association of the Press Associated Press Broadcasters Broadcasters Netherlands Association of Sociadad Dominicana de Diarios Association Freedom Forum Newspaper Editors Society of Professional Journalists Freedom House Newspaper Association of America Banjul, Gambia 1998 Harold W. Andersen Lecture and Luncheon Craig Branson American Society of Newspaper Editors Acceptances to 10/5/98 Del Brinkman Journalism Program Officer John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Elie Abel Bob Brinkmann Sherry Abel Vice President, Postal & Regulatory Affairs Newspaper Association of America Ambassador Sven Alkalaj Embassy of Bosnia Herbert Brubaker The Television News Center Adnan Alkatib VAE Broadcasting System Andrew Buchman Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe David Anable President Dana Bullen International Center for Journalists Senior Adviser WPFC Harold W. Andersen Chairman emeritus, WPFC Joyce Bullen Former chairman, Omaha World-Herald Co.; Frank Calzon Center for a Free Cuba Marian Andersen David Case Kofi Annan Freelance reporter; S ecretary-General Pew Fellow in International Journalism United Nations Stephen Chaplin Christine Anyanwu USIA Founder, The Sunday Magazine, Lagos, Nigeria; Winner, 1998 UNESCO press Stephen Chen freedom prize Representative Taipei Economic & Cultural Office Ambassador Michael Arnevad Embassy of Trinidad & Tobago Ambassador Willie Chokani Embassy of Malawi Ambassador Le Van Bang ; Embassy of Vietnam Louisa Coan Asia Director Todd Bensman National Endowment for Democracy Dallas Morning News Pew Fellow Barbara Cochran WPFC Board