IFJ
REPORT
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
Paris, 15th- 16th November 2008
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS IPC, RESIDENCE PALACE, 155 RUE DE LA LOI B- 1040 BRUSSELS( BELGIUM)
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IFJ Executive Committee Meeting Paris, 15th- 16th November 2008
Report
Present:
President:
Senior Vice President:
Vice President:
Vice President:
Honorary Treasurer:
Members:
Observer:
General Secretary:
General Secretary Deputy:
Human Rights and Information Officer:
Projects Director:
European Director:
Africa Office Director:
Latin America Office Director:
Asia- Pacific Office Project officer:
1. Welcome and Apologies
Jim Boumelha
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia
Khady Cisse
M'Jahed Younes
Uli Remmel
Manuel Méndez, Eva Stabell
Mogens Bjerregaard, Olivier Da Lage Mario Guastoni( Reserve), Nikos Megrelis Olivo de León, Jun Yamakoshi
Christopher Warren, Jasmina Popovic
Thomas Carpenter, Naim Toubassi
Vsevolod Bogdanov, Sabina Inderjit
Foster V. Dongozi, Omar Faruk Osman Celso Schröder( Fepalc)
Aidan White
Paco Audije
Rachel Cohen, Ernest Sagaga
Oliver Money- Kyrle
Marc Gruber
Gabriel Baglo
Gregorio Salazar Sam Grunhard
The President opened the meeting and welcomed participants. Apologies were received from Foster Dongozi who had been unable to attend due to visa problems and from Paolo Serventi- Longhi who was replaced by Mario Guastoni
2. Presentation of the Agenda
The agenda was accepted with the addition of a discussion on issues related to the global media crisis.
3. Minutes of Meeting
The report of the Executive Committee meeting held in Brussels in May 2008 was endorsed with three amendments submitted by Sabina Inderjit. The minutes of the
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Administrative Committee meeting held the previous day were noted and circulated for consideration during the meeting.( Appendix 1)
4. President's Activities( for information)
The report of the President on his activities was noted.
5. General Secretary's Report
Global Media Crisis
The General Secretary presented a brief paper on this issue. He said that the recent economic downturn and financial crisis was accelerating the process of decline within the media sector which was deeply affected by the impact of structural change caused by changing habits of consumers of information. Traditional private sector models of media business were no longer effective; advertising revenue was thinning across an expanding media sector at the expense of newspapers and prime time broadcasting.
He said the crisis was defined by three clear changes:
⚫ the dismantling of established market models of media business
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pressure on quality and standards of content as a result of editorial cuts
renewed governmental pressure on media in' fragile' states
The crisis was forcing inevitable change on the world of journalistic work. Staff has to be flexible, multiskilled and prepared to accept worsening wages and conditions. The number of freelances continues to increase and unions have to find new ways of representing them as well as new players in the multi- media environment.
All unions were affected to a greater or lesser extent and it was inevitable, he said, that the IFJ itself would have difficulties as its affiliates struggled to cope with the changes at national level. Financial problems would increase, but the unions would need increasing support in their efforts to meet the challenges of the changing industry.
The questions were: What can the IFJ do to address this process of historic change and to provide support for its affiliates? Would it be able in the long- term to remain an independent stand- alone organisation? What were the priorities for our work? How could the regions be strengthened to take on the challenges they faced, which differed in intensity and scope for continent to continent?
In finding answers the IFJ would have to reflect on its sources of funding and practical actions and priorities to be adopted in the coming years.
The president thanked the General Secretary for his paper and opened the floor for discussion.
Younes M'Jahed said journalists have to' relaunch' the debate in particular to take into account of regional specificities. He underlined the need to work with other organisations. The IFJ cannot deal with the crisis in the industry on its own. Where helpful rules and laws exist, they need to be strictly enforced.
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Naim Toubassi also said the IFJ and its members need to be on the offensive and active. He proposed a preventive campaign.
proMogens Blicher Bjerregård said the IFJ has to deal with reality that numerous freelances and citizen journalism are now part of the mix. They are challenges but they can provide opportunities. Talking about partnership, for example at the IFFRO meeting he met people who should be aware of the work and interests of the journalists. The main challenge is how to find and connect with people who work in journalism but who are disconnected from the trade union movement.
Olivier da Lage said the theme needs to be at the heart of discussions at the next congress. Two or three priorities need to be prepared by a network of IFJ representatives. In France, the Etats Generaux provided unions with an opportunity to tackle the problems, and helped to create alliances and defend common interests. A controversial question is the collaboration with some publishers- not those that want to make money alone, but those who care for quality.
Olivo de León said the world financial crisis is real and severe. We need a change of mentality to address it. The focus of our unions may change more towards ethical issues but we must not forget the defence of working conditions. Should we reduce the number of meetings of the Executive Committee and expand the powers of the Administrative Committee? He said it is important to maintain the two meetings a year. Removing any resources of regional offices would be fatal.
Arne Konig said it will be too late to leave the discussion to congress- the crisis is now. He proposes a sub- committee to work on this issue. The goals are already established as IFJ objectives. Such a committee should be giving direct advice to regions and national unions. This meeting could make a statement asking the national unions to discuss and debate these issues and contribute to the IFJ debate.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia said that these are not new problems. At the moment we do not know enough about the forces at work to be able to respond strategically. Nevertheless he supported the creation of the committee.
Manuel Méndez highlighted that we are facing the consequences of neo- liberalist unregulated market. The workers and middle classes will the pay consequences. Meanwhile one million people die of hunger each year. There is enough money to save the market but not to overcome the great challenges of humanity. Are our unions prepared to face this crisis? How can we form alliances with the Latin America employers association when their main priority is to break the journalists' unions? He supports the formation of the committee. It must be the main issue in our congress.
Tom Carpenter said that the current crisis in the US is unprecedented. The media is subject to 100% financial constraints and it is dying as a result. In the US, the challenge is to provide real solutions to falling wages and working conditions. We also need to build alliances with the public, for example to develop and protect public service broadcasting.
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Chris Warren said that the crisis is new in style, scope and impact. It is potentially catastrophic. In the media industry the result may go beyond the short term. Journalism is linked to a specific kind of capitalism( mass media) and this economic model is fundamentally broken.
There may be 20 or 50 percent less people working in the sector in the near future, and it will affect the life of many individuals. In the MEEA there will be less fee income but there may also be less project funds. There is a need for more union capacity building which is more important than holding international meetings every 3 or 4 years. Coalitions can be built with other global unions and civil society groups.
He underlined that employers will use the crisis to undermine trade unions. The positive aspects of the crisis are that individuals will feel challenged and that our work will be restructured or maybe reinforced.
Sabina Inderjit advised the Executive Committee to look at the issue there with a global approach- for example tackling the problem of outsourcing in the UK, which affects staff in India. Actually the crisis may increase jobs in journalism in India. She supported the idea of a working group.
Vsevolod Bogdanov said that in Russia media are closing. There is now a discussion about the crisis in journalism. A special agency was created for journalism investigation. The RUJ organised the presentation of results of some of these investigations, for example on the fight against corruption, which is also a priority of the government. He supported the idea of the committee. Next year on 3 May the RUJ will organise a day of action for WPFD.
Nikos Megrelis considered that the crisis highlighted the difference between certain types of media and certain type of journalism. Some journalists avoid investigative journalism and prefer to copy and paste press releases. Old fashioned notions of journalism were trouble as shown by the Barack Obama campaign which bypassed traditional communications in its successful use of the Internet. Whatever, the future sd holds independent and quality media will be needed.
Eva Stabell pointed out that there have never been so many journalists across the world as today. There are reasons to stay optimistic and she suggested creating several working groups according to interests or to geographical areas.
The General Secretary thanks people for their contributions. Journalists were responding rationally to changes unlike employers who could not come to terms with the fact that they cannot make 20 percent profit margins anymore. He suggested that the congress should be restructured, for example with different levels of reflexion according to regions, but keeping in mind some basic themes- such as safety and working conditions.
The notion of capacity building, even for bigger unions, has to be reinforced. Also, he agreed that the IFJ should commit itself to more engagement with the international trade union movement. The meeting could agree on a statement about the crisis.
He said there was more discussion about revisiting relations with the state and examining the need for public money to be used also for media. New networks supported by the IFJ
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INSI, GFMD, and IFEX- provided the bedrock for new forms of networking and coalition building.
The next step, he said, is to establish a committee to reflect on all of these issues from a union perspective. Such a group should be open- minded and could help us frame the agenda for our congress and further actions. It should not necessarily come from existing statutory bodies, but to work effectively it will need some financing.
The following resolution was prepared and adopted unanimously by the Executive Committee:
Motion on IFJ Commission on future of journalism
The General Secretary presented the draft motion.
The 4th bullet point will be split into two
The motion was agreed nem con with 12 in favour and 6 abstentions( Appendix 2) Working Programme: Ethical Journalism Initiative and Antalya Conference
The General Secretary presented some extracts of the EJI book. It will be initially launched at the Global Forum for Media Development conference in Athens in December 2008 and circulated through IFJ networks. Translations will take place according to sponsorship.
The Antalya conference, supported by the Russian union of Journalists and UNESCO, will take place from May 2-5 2009 with participants from Europe, CIS countries and Middle East. Themes of the conference will be quality and trust in journalism, safety, relations between states and media.
Working Programme: Missions( Pakistan, Zimbabwe, India, South Africa, Israel)
The General Secretary presented the Mission reports. In Zimbabwe he said journalists have been by- passed by NGOs and civil society groups and the missions were important for the journalists union. In response to a question from Omar Faruk regarding further action he said there were plans to make a critique of the legal problems facing media and to prepare a new strategy for the government regarding rights of journalists.
There was in our relations with Israel, he said, a serious problem of arrears of IFJ fees. The Administrative Committee had agreed to ask the National Federation of Israel Journalists, based in Tel Aviv, to take responsibility as IFJ member, including payment of fees. If no agreement was reached, they would face expulsion from the IFJ.
There was also a recommendation from the Administrative Committee to carry out new missions in Korea, Eritrea and Qatar.
These reports and further actions were endorsed.
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Communications
The General Secretary announced that Rachel Cohen was leaving the IFJ. He thanked her for her work and congratulated her on her new appointment as head of
communications at UNI. He welcomed Ernest Sagaga who had been appointed to replace her and introduced him to the Executive Committee.
Rachel Cohen presented the communications report. Paco Audije added that in the future the IFJ secretariat will try to better coordinate the various styles of statements according to the language or to the culture.
Human Rights and Safety: International News Safety Institute, Safety Fund, Exiled journalists
Rachel Cohen reported on the new form for Safety Fund applications, which has to be filled in by IFJ staff and then signed by the recipient him/ herself. In 2008 the total paid out so far is 113,000 Euro.
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård said that the payout levels from the fund are not' healthy'. In his view the main issue is to spend the money well and make it function rather than to continue increasing the capital base of the Fund.
The General Secretary replied that the current message is to inform people that the Fund exists and is available.
Khady Cissé regretted that the rules are too strict. She proposed a review of the rules at the next congress. However, Eva Stabell disagreed. The rules were applied by the Executive Committee and this issue should not be reopened.
Sabina Inderjit suggested that the regional offices should better promote the Fund among the IFJ affiliates or their network in general. She wished to have more information next time about the reasons why recipients received support.
Vsevolod Bogdanov said the Fund had a reputation to protect and it was a sign of quality of activity. He mentioned other initiatives in Russia, such as the Club of Killed Journalists' Children which organised around 15 D, the day of remembrance of killed journalists. Many children of killed journalists become journalists themselves and they are in contact with the RUJ. Maybe the IFJ could become more creative in its assistance to journalists.
to Mogens Blicher Bjerregård asked if the IFJ follows what happens to recipients after they receive the money.
Naim Toubassi said the fund is important and thanked the IFJ for the 10,000 Euro made available for Palestine, of which 5,000 Euros had been received.
Omar Faruk pointed out that the need of original signed invoice is not always practical or simply realistic given the difficult situation of these people- often moving from one country to another. He suggested that the Fund should support the creation of safe houses.
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The General Secretary explained that the Fund was used for publicity to promote use of the Fund. There was a monitoring system in place to follow how the money is spent. He expressed doubt about a general support for safe houses, which can be expensive but not always efficient.
The new form was endorsed.
Report of the Project Division
Oliver Money- Kyrle presented the project report. The future project expansion report would be included in the report to the next meeting of the Executive Committee, he said.
He reported an annual turnover of about 1,000,000 Euro in project work, which is a significant part of the IFJ working programme and campaign activity. Without this work there would be a decrease in IFJ presence in the world. The project reports are posted on the web site.
Donors now demand additional IFJ contributions to projects, which has cut into surpluses to IFJ general funds from the project divisions. He said the LO- TCO is warning that budgets for union projects will be cut in 2009.
If the IFJ wants to see an expansion of project work it will require, he said, investment to:
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Provide training to staff- particularly in Africa and Latin America offices
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Omar Faruk Osman complained that the Breaking the Chains conference had excluded some members from the Middle East.
Younes M'Jahed said the projects should be subject to consultation among Executive Committee members from the regions.
In response, Oliver Money- Kyrle said there are different levels of consultation. On minational projects the IFJ works with national unions. On regional work it is often guided
by recommendations made at regional meetings. Executive Committee members were 520 fully informed on project activities through the reporting process to the Administrative Committee and the Executive Committee, but any prior consultation arrangement could compromise the secretariat's responsibility, as a priority, to fully consult with and involve national affiliates of the IFJ in project programmes.
ozi Sabina Inderjit agreed that member unions should be fully consulted about work in their bot country or their region.
Oliver Money- Kyrle said that Somalia and Sudan fall under activities in the African region but can be considered for inclusion in Middle East and North Africa but there can be a re- examination of how countries are classified.
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There followed a discussion on how to define IFJ regions and the need for clarity within the IFJ on description of activities that were covered by particular regions; Younes M'Jahed pointed out that Sudan and the Middle East are part of the Arab World. And Omar Faruk Osman said the meeting in Casablanca said the Breaking the Chains campaign was for the Arab world not the Middle East and North Africa.
The General Secretary said that the Emirates union was not invited to the Breaking the Chains workshop by mistake. He said that the regional work is sometimes subdivided to best address the needs of the unions. The IFJ needs to be clear about the conversations about regional and sub- regional work so unions know what regions are involved in campaigns.
Olivier Da Lage suggested that the IFJ define its regions. Some countries are in multiple categories so it needs to be clear who is being involved in what project.
Chris Warren said it is important to have a standard way of classifying the countries and how the regions work and that should be addressed in the IFJ Constitution.
The President agreed that the General Secretary will make a report on the regions and how they are classified.
Gregorio Salazar said the project funds have been crucial to the support of unions in Latin America because they have used those projects to do some of their own work.
Oliver Money- Kyrle presented the Palestine report and said the Executive Committee should make a recommendation on whether the IFJ should insist that a Congress of the SH Palestine Journalists' Syndicate takes place and ensure it is open and transparent. The IFJ should insist that if there is no Congress by a certain date then the PJS should be expected to at least hold a national assembly open to all journalists in the West Bank and Gaza. A failure to do this might lead to a review of IFJ work in Palestine.
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Naim Toubassi said the report was not balanced. The situation in Palestine is very difficult. The PJS has announced that the Congress will take place on January 30, 2009 and this information has been published in a newspaper. He said the PJS wants to solve the membership problems and despite the difficult political situation will organise a Congress. He expressed concern about the secretariat intervening in what he said was a national issue. The IFJ should respect the internal democratic function of a trade union. The IFJ secretariat should also talk to the union secretariat and not to other groups within the union which could destabilise the union. Although there are those in Palestine who may not share the political views of the union leadership, but it is the trade union whose view counts. He invited the General Secretary and others to attend the trade union conference when it takes place.
He said that after the meeting he intended to send a report to the President and General Secretary to protest over what he said was interference in internal matters. He would also send details of the forthcoming conference. He said he could not actions which disrupted the internal work of the union. Although problems were caused by Israel, Hamas and other groups the PJS would make every effort to hold its congress in a democratic way.
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The President said it is good news that there is a date for the congress and hopes it will be held. He said the difficulties on the ground should not be underestimated. He said the IFJ secretariat and the union are in agreement on supporting journalists and press freedom and are united.
Olivier da Lage said the date for the congress is good news. IFJ unions do not accept political direction from the secretariat but at every Executive Committee the members examine the applications of new members. It should be expected that once unions are accepted they will maintain the criteria for entrance into the IFJ.
Nikos Megrelis said the Palestinian journalists face a very difficult situation. The PJS Congress must take place that is in the interest of the Palestinian colleagues because it will be an opportunity for them to put forward new goals and solve the problems they are facing. The congress must be held. He said he was glad to hear of a date for the meeting and expressed a wish to attend it.
Eva Stabell also said it is good news that the Congress is being held but she found it worrying that the President of the PJS finds it strange that the IFJ expects all unions to meet its criteria for democratic work. When they don't meet the criteria the IFJ has an obligation to react. The more trouble there is in a country, the stronger the union needs to be. She proposed to accept the recommendations in the report.
Manuel Méndez said it was a difficult and complex situation in Palestine and journalists must develop their own method to deal with that and have their congress to do that.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia said everyone agreed that it was good to have a date from the congress. If the IFJ does not put pressure on the unions to fulfill their democratic obligations then any union can do whatever they want regarding congresses or the role of women or other issues. The Palestinian case is very special but we cannot let that be a reason to not hold them to their responsibilities as an IFJ member.
Omar Faruk Osman said he welcomes the news of the PJS congress and called on the IFJ to support the Congress. Naim Toubassi said that he accepted the criticism but does not accept interference in the election.
Oliver Money- Kyrle said this report had been difficult to write and had been discussed in detail in the office. He questioned the allegation of" interference" saying that the provision of advice, support and financial assistance had been made on the basis of agreement, in writing, between the IFJ and the PJS.
He pointed out that an agreement was signed between the IFJ and PJS which had been endorsed by the IFJ statutory bodies. Nothing had been done outside the terms of this agreement. All his colleagues had acted with 100% professionalism.
If there is any question about the level of professionalism of IFJ staff in this matter we welcome an investigation and are ready to respond in full.
The President noted the date of the PJS Congress and said he will attend and invited other Executive Committee members to attend. The Report was endorsed.
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IFJ Regional work
The General Secretary said that practical actions must be discussed at the next Executive Committee to develop the work of the regional offices. The Deputy General Secretary introduced his report on regional work that is mostly based on the responses from the survey into the detailed work of the offices.
He still needs to meet with colleagues in Brussels to discuss in detail the content of the report and to analyse the information. There were some sensitive issues in the survey. There are difficult practical issues for transferring money, language differences, timezones, communications, flexibility is a virtue.
Some issues which had been identified were the need to establish routine communication procedures through Internet; for the Dakar and Caracas offices to have at least one extra staff member; for more staff training; for uniform criteria in establishing the working conditions of IFJ staff in regional offices.
Complaint Against International Media Support
The General Secretary said he had received a complaint from Omar Faruk Osman and would investigate the matter and report back. Other reports, including one on IMS from Mogens Blicher Bjerregård would also be considered.
This was agreed.
IFJ Relations with Donors
The General Secretary presented a list of funding organisations with which the IFJ works. He said there are occasions when there are difficulties about the goals of funders and if the IFJ should support them. The funding is dependent largely on European Union
sources.
The General Secretary's report was noted.
The President presented his report on the National Endowment for Democracy( NED) which argued that the principles of NED run counter to the IFJ donor criteria and ethical principles.
Tom Carpenter asked whether the President has an objection to only direct money from NED in China or also NED money through the AFL- CIO Solidarity Center. He also asked if the NED money came with strings attached.
The General Secretary said that the only strings attached to NED money would be for trade union rights, which the IFJ would also insist on. There are no other strings attached on the Solidarity Center projects or on the China project. He said the NED in its previous incarnation suffered from heavy CIA interference, but he noted that currently NED work was governed by insistence on respect for human rights and labour rights. The IFJ has always been sensitive to the targeting of the international labour movement for covert action by the US. He said the IFJ is very cautious to ensure it is not an instrument for interference or covert action.
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Gabriel Baglo said in the regions there has been no problem with NED and he wonders if they can keep using their NED funds.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia said the debate can continue about the donors. The IFJ must monitor the donors and to decide if in a particular case there is interference but there is no definitive decision proposed to cut off the NED funding.
Sabina Inderjit says she wants more information about the complaints about NED and IMS.
The General Secretary says valid concerns about NED have been raised by the President. He has responded that as General Secretary he will ensure the IFJ will bear these in mind as the organisation moves forward. It is sensible to monitor the interaction with NED and if there is a problem it will be brought to the Executive Committee. The President was making no formal proposal on our relations with NED. In these circumstances the IFJ would note the concerns and continue to insist on independence and no constraints of any kind in its continuing work with the NED.
Olivier da Lage said there is no information currently to make a decision about NED but perhaps in 6 months there will be. He suggested that a proposal should be made to the next Executive Committee on whether to continue or not co- operation with NED.
Chris Warren said the president has raised concerns and the General Secretary had said that going forward with NED and other funders will be approached in that context to make sure that no strings are attached to any funding. He does not think this mater should be debated again.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia said the President's report has been noted.
Olivier da Lage proposed a vote to mandate the Administrative Committee to analyse the report and make a recommendation to the next Executive Committee for a vote.
Eva Stabell agreed with Olivier da Lage's concern that there is a difference of opinion between the President and General Secretary. Until the President puts forward a proposal the Executive Committee was only asked to note the report.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia said even if we are able to generate clear guidelines for donors we would still need to examine each donor case by case. Now we need to vote on the proposal by Olivier da Lage.
Mogens Bjerregård proposed a vote to adopt the recommendations in the General Secretary's paper. If it has already been endorsed then we do not have to vote.
Chris Warren proposed an adjournment until tomorrow morning to allow us to find a clear proposal. This was agreed with 8 in favour, 3 against and 2 abstentions.
Later in the meeting the following motion on this matter was adopted by the Executive Committee:
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" The Executive Committee notes the report by the President regarding IFJ relations with the NED and the clarification of those relations by the General Secretary.
The Executive Committee instructs the Administrative Committee to continue to monitor, on a case by case basis, the IFJ's projects to ensure that the policy adopted by Congress is followed."
Olivier da Lage stated that he withdrew his proposal to decide on NED. In his view there is a problem of governance of the IFJ if the Executive Committee is not able to take decision. It is rather a' contemplative committee'. In his view there are too many points where the Executive Committee is consulted on admin proposals and it is not fully able to take decisions on its own. The President disagreed and pointed out that the Administrative Committee usually always makes relevant recommendations when necessary but it is up to the EC to endorse them or otherwise.
Gender Issues
The General Secretary presented the gender report showing the development of gender work in all regions of the world. He said the IFJ should aim for a level of women's representation at the next Congress which is back up to level of Korea congress. Gregorio Salazar said there is a gender meeting planned for next year for the Latin American region and hopes to reconstruct the gender equity group in FEPALC.
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blo Secretariat Matters
The General Secretary said that on the whole relations between the secretariat and the Executive Committee have been excellent. He said that agreements on internal rules and clarity of responsibilities had helped. However he has been informed by the staff that there have been some problems. He asked the Executive Committee members to remember to treat staff with respect at all times. In recent months there had been incidents of staff being subject to verbal abuse and their work undermined. The staff has felt sufficient anxiety about this to pass on their concerns in writing. He reminded all Inzo Executive Committee members that he is responsible for the work of the staff and if there were problems they should consult with him directly.
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The Treasurer, Uli Remmel, presented the accounts for the second half of 2008, the Budget for 2008, a report on fees due and a statement on the Safety Fund. He said the banking crisis has not jeopardized the IFJ accounts and the IFJ had almost no exposure to falling stock prices. He said financial crisis may cause problems with donors and member unions.
He said there was no reason for undue concern, but the accounts will be watched closely. Almost all dues have been received. Some 400,000 Euro is still awaited.
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Nigeria and Israel have the biggest debts and next year action will be considered if the dues are not paid. The Israeli, Romanian and Azerbaijan asked for special arrangement for due deferment.
Chris Warren said both the treasurers report and outstanding fees do not reflect the fact the Australian's have paid their dues. It is not correct that they owed money as of September 30. These funds had been paid. This was noted.
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård asked for clarification about the German payment of dues. The Treasurer said that it was planned that in 2009, German unions would pay normal dues. The DJV had asked for a further exoneration, but he said they would be asked to provide justification for this request.
The Financial Reports and the Safety Fund report were agreed.( Appendix 3)
Membership Matters
Congo: Union Nationale de la Presse du Congo
Decision: Accepted into Associate Membership. 18 votes in favour.
Israel: National Federation of Israel Journalists
Decision: No action this was being followed up by the General Secretary.
Libyan Journalists Association
Decision: Accepted into Associate membership. 17 votes in favor.
Chris Warren said he is concerned that focusing on the fixing of the union's constitution is a distraction from the discussion on whether the union meets the principles of IFJ membership in reality and not just on paper. Other criteria for membership were being overlooked including a political situation that prevents them from acting as an independent trade union. Younes M'Jahed said that the IFJ can help them develop into a trade union.
Cameroon Employed Journalists Trade Union
Decision: Agreed to postpone decision.
Ethiopia: National Journalists' Union( ENJU)
Decisions: Agreed to postpone decision to next meeting.
Omar Faruk Osman reported on the dialogue between IFJ Africa and Ethiopian journalists. Journalists in the country are contesting the leadership of the existing IFJ affiliate, the Ethiopian Free Journalists Association. He proposed admitting them as Associate Member.
Olivo de León asked how they can have a union when almost all the journalists have been forced into exile.
The President said that ENJU is in close association with the government and there is a fear that accepting this union as a member will put the IFJ too close to the government.
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Eva Stabell said there are almost no independent journalists left in Ethiopia and these are basically government replacements for journalists that fled the country and they should not be accepted into the IFJ.
The General Secretary said some journalists are independent and need support. He proposed postponing the vote but warned that exiled journalists should not have a veto over another group.
Gabriel Baglo said the journalists in Ethiopia want to be organised but the exiled journalists do not want them into the group. He wants them to work with the IFJ even if they are not members.
Romania: International Forum of Romanian Journalists
Decision: Agreed to reject the application.
Jamaica: Press Association of Jamaica( Request to upgrade membership) Decision: Agreed to keep them at associate membership.
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Olivo de León says there should be some sort of introduction of the union to FEPALC because no one knows them in the region. Gregorio Salazar said there has been no contact with the union from the region and should be left with associate membership until there is more contact with other unions in the region.
Vote to delay a decision and to maintain their existing status: 10 in favour. 5 abstentions.
Hot Chris Warren said that the practical issues for Caribbean Anglophone or francophone countries was to engage with the IFJ regional office and association which is Spanish speaking.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia said this is the first time to propose an introduction between the Jamaican union and the regional organisation. He said it is reasonable to at least allow one deferment on the upgrade to allow for contact between PAJ and the other unions in the region.
Eva Stabell asked that the feedback on the unions come before the meeting and not just at the meeting.
Vsevolod Bogdanov said there is not substantive objection to the union so he does not think they should not have been accepted.
Spain: Federation of unions of Journalists( FSEP)
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sal The General Secretary reported on the progress of work covering the motions adopted by Congress. This was noted.
The venue of the next Congress in 2010 was discussed and it was agreed to accept the invitation from Spanish affiliates and to hold the Congress in Cádiz, Spain.
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7. Regional Reports
Africa( Nairobi Conference)
Gabriel Baglo presented the report. He highlighted some issues: safety in general, the situation in Congo, Somalia and Sudan. Central Africa is developing into a conflict area with journalists being killed or kidnapped. There is a need for safety training to be discussed with INSI. He wondered how to involve the IFJ affiliate in Sudan to allow better reporting on Darfur.
In his view the IFJ affiliate in Tanzania is a one- man union. There is a competing person from the trade union center and the IFJ should look into developing trade union there. Strong media groups are developing in Eastern Africa. A general trend is that many professional journalists are leaving the sector and more and more amateurs start to work in media. It was agreed that a decision on this matter would be taken at the next meeting.
Exiled journalists: there are 500 of them from African countries. This could be an issue for a specific IFJ programme in the future. Also need to address conflicts between NGOs and unions. The conference in Nairobi will launch the African group of unions.
Omar Faruk said 39 unions and association will meet in Nairobi to launch the African Federation of Journalists. They will discuss safety, gender and trade union issues. A steering committee and a working programme will be adopted. It is a historic moment. The ITUC will also attend. Omar underlined again the concern over NGOs that talk on behalf of journalists.
The President added that a lot of documents has been produced prior to this conference and he thanked the work of the Eastern Africa Association of Journalists.
Younes M'Jahed mentioned that there was also a meeting for a network of unions in North Africa- Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. In the Tunisia there are regular attacks against the union. Blogging creates many questioning in Morocco and sometimes blogs are simply political instruments. The union there denounced the intervention of security services to put pressure on judges in Morocco. The Executive Committee will issue a statement.
The Executive Committee agreed to a proposal from the Administrative Committee for a mediation process of the dispute in Kenya.
On Eritrea and the question of a mission, the General Secretary said it should be discussed in Nairobi.
Latin America( FEPALC Conference)
Gregorio Salazar outlined the main activities covering gender, children, press centers, campaign' protect the messenger', working conditions in press agencies, journalism prize for human rights, impunity campaign.
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The region' is not perfect' but there is synergy between FEPALC, the IFJ regional office and the members. The region starts to work as a real region, he said.
Manuel Méndez reporting for FEPALC described the work in the region, with a special attention on gender and safety of journalists.
He said that assassinations continue in the region( Colombia, Peru, and Mexico) with involvement at a high level of authorities and private sector. The development of trade unions is a necessity. Journalists are fully part of society and they need to build alliances with civil society to get the message through.
Osvaldo Urriolabeitia underlined this point of view. He said the main priority is the campaign for safety of journalists. Olivo de León mentioned that many journalists were killed already this year. In Dominican Republic, 20 people are currently under death threat. Journalists called on the authorities to protect them and some people have been arrested, but in one notorious case in which two photo- reporters had died, nobody has been arrested yet.
Paco Audije referred to the list of killed journalists, which is often ignored or underestimated by authorities. Lidia Cacho has been invited to Spain and she received the FAPE and IFJ press card to support her in her recognition as a journalist.
The General Secretary added that there is no journalistic solidarity in Mexico. This shows that the main challenge is the way to develop trade union development. There is a need for practical proposals.
Gregorio Salazar said he was conscious of the challenge. A journalist is killed every 44 days. The regional office is developing concrete projects.
Celso Schröder( Fenaj), President of Fepalc, presented a paper agreed at the Fepalc Board meeting for circulation to IFJ EC members exposing Fepalc new working programme. It also called for IFJ- Fepalc coordination work to face and respond adequately to all the threats on journalists and unions in Latin America.
Middle East( Palestine, Iraq, FAJ Congress)
Oliver Money- Kyrle reported on the Breaking the Chains campaign linked to the European stand up for journalism action day. Organisations in 10 countries organised protests, including one alongside a successful seminar in gender in Gaza- despite a competing seminar by Hamas the same day.
Naim Toubassi reported on the ongoing Israeli occupation and the impossibility for Palestinian journalists to work and travel freely.
He said the Gaza workshop was a real failure- that the most participants were not journalists and so could not represent the journalists. Repression is rampant in the Gaza Strip, he said.
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The situation in the West Bank was better than in Gaza strip. He asked for more support from the IFJ and invited Executive Committee members to visit Palestine to witness the real situation.
Younes M'Jahed made two remarks about the date of the 5th November. He said it was decided at too short notice. He said communication should improve and the work needs to be more directed towards trade union training and strengthening. He was not convinced that organizing these sorts of demonstrations was efficient The Executive Committee members had to be consulted, he said. The 5th November is not what was expected and not a great success.
The EJI has been adopted in the Casablanca meeting
Oliver Money- Kyrle said that all regional offices and affiliates would be properly prepared in advance next year.
The President said the members of the Executive Committee should also be consulted on this.
Asia Pacific
Sam Grunhard gave a full presentation to supplement the written report.
Arne Konig asked for more information on the activity in China and the' openness rules' to allow foreign journalists to work more freely. Sam Grunhard said there is still a very long way to go because Chinese police or officials are not trained to deal with journalists.
Korea mission: The President raised the question of a mission to Korea following heavy political interference in media. Eva Stabell pointed out that Korea often requests visits and missions and she suggested setting up a list of priorities for missions. Chris Warren said that the problem in Korea is serious and that the mission would a way to reengage at official level with the FKJ. It was agreed to send a mission.
China: The General Secretary said that the activities in China are developing in a positive way and that there may be second mission more focused on practical work, such as reaching the journalists' community, reinforcing the networking started in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The terms of reference of this mission needs to be defined.
Chris Warren reported that in his view the situation of Chinese journalists deteriorated after the Olympic Games and he did not share the optimism of the General Secretary. The IFJ should look into monitoring of press freedom in China.
Europe
Arne Konig presented the European report. The European affiliates are having increased problems achieving good deals especially with the onset of the financial crisis.
The EFJ and IFJ are working closer with the joint chairs meeting of the expert groups. They are expecting input from the Executive Committee for ideas to be developed in the EFJ working groups. The EFJ also needs representation in IFFRO meetings.
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There is a concern about a new freelance organisation in Germany that is challenging the unions in a serious way. One disappointment had been the failure to agree a common statement on media freedom with the employers, a group of whom pulled out at the very last stage.
Iceland will host the Council of Europe meeting in 2009. The Council of Europe is playing an increasingly important role in influencing media policy with positive statements against media concentration and calling for annual national reports to which the unions could contribute.
The European Parliament also made a resolution in defence of journalists' rights and media freedom. Unfortunately, there is a commitment to declarations but less to practical steps.
Transparency and access to European Union documents was endangered with new proposals to conceal documents more easily. This will be decided in second half of 2009. On the issue of terrorism laws and media freedom a special report from David Banisar to the Council of Europe says there is clear hindrance to media freedom. Much legislation designed to support the politics of the national government instead of the security issues. Marc Gruber added comments on the Stand Up for Journalism campaign in which some 20 organisations participated this year. It was reported that the IFJ and WAZ will be promoting jointly a journalism prize in 2009. He reported on collective bargaining work and also a recent survey carried out in the context of European media action to combat intolerance and racism.
Olivier da Lage said that more than 100 of the diversity questionnaires were sent out and completed. He complained that they were ridiculously bureaucratic and expressed concern that the EFJ would be infected by this mode of working that is completely te against the work of media.
Marc Gruber explained that the questionnaire was insisted upon by the European Commission. We were conscious that it was somewhat Baroque and raised this at the time, but the EC insisted.
Olivier da Lage also believes that the unions underestimate the influence of the networks of elite journalists groups. Some groups like the Association of European Journalists for boy example want to lobby for a European press card. Another group, the International
Alliance of Journalists, is heavily financed by the Swiss government, and well connected with an excessive level of influence on policy. We need to be much more aware of these dangers.
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård is concerned that the interests of journalists are often boas forgotten about in the negotiations with other authors. We need to be present in these meetings. The EFJ must make this is a key priority for work. In Slovenia efforts are being made to organise a round table involving journalists and reprographic organizations.
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journalists should be sent to the International Criminal Court. We should work on this follow- up.
The General Secretary agreed with Olivier da Lage's concerns about other organisations setting themselves up with influence beyond their legitimacy. The same is true with the members of the Press Emblem campaign who were plagiarising our work and creating phantom campaigns that they then try to draw our organisations into.
All major press groups, professional associations and media advocacy groups reject the press emblem, either because it is unnecessary or because it gives the UN authority to define who is and who is not a journalist.
Regarding Cyprus he said we had tried to help frame an agreement between colleagues in the north and south of the island. It has been a difficult process but he asks the Executive Committee to endorse the actions taken. He's very grateful for the support from Arne and the unions in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus who helped to put this together.
Arne Konig wants to play down the threat from the AEJ. The authors' rights group is working well and attempting to ensure journalists concerns are at the heart of the negotiations. Protection of sources is also under threat with a series of cases in many European countries. The EFJ will issue a paper on this issue. Politicians might ask who has the right to protect their sources and demand a legal definition of a journalist which could be a problem.
Mario Guastoni talked on behalf of Paolo Serventi Longhi to report about massive layoffs in public broadcasting in Italy and the reduction of public support to media, as well as the absence of progress with the collective agreement.
Vsevolod Bogdanov reported on the situation in Russia including the Eurasian congress and television forum of journalists in the Crimea with representatives of over 30 countries and the traditional Dagomys festival with the IFJ President in attendance.
The topic of journalists losing their position in the world is discussed in all events. People are losing trust in media, government, and today there is not one country immune to these problems. He proposed that the Executive Committee support a special event in May in Antalya on the role of media in the 21st century and a formula of trust. Antalya is a crossroads of cultures and religions. Key topics include' ethics of journalism', impoverishment of media space due to shrinking profession. He said that on December 4th there would be celebration of the 90th anniversary of the RUJ.
The General Secretary said they were very pleased about the invitation to this conference. More importantly this will be a conference to discuss serious issues related to journalism for the first time in that region including Turkey/ EU, violence in the TransCaucasus, the Middle East. The IFJ would support this event. It was a significant event for World Press Freedom Day. UNESCO will also support the meeting partly as an apology for organising their event in Qatar, a country with no journalists association.
Nikos Megrelis announced that he is doing a film documentary on journalists who lost their lives for trying to tell the story- no matter the risks. He requested help in organising interviews and reaching journalists and would welcome any suggestions for financing.
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A video of AFTRA is available on YouTube.
Protection of sources: a new legislation may be signed by the new president
Campaign against a law which prevents journalists from continuing to work in journalism in the same city after a lay- off
• AFTRA campaign against is active against' libel tourism'
Mogens Blicher Bjerregård reported that an agreement with Google will ensure
authors' rights and payment for scanning of text from books but prevent the scanning of pictures from books until an agreement has been made about that.
Motion on the Situation in the Dominican Republic.
Olivo de León read out the proposed text of the motion and this was agreed. ( Appendix 4)
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External relations
United Nations: The General Secretary said he had written to UNESCO protesting about the fact of holding a World Press freedom Day meeting in Qatar. He suggested a mission or a meeting with authorities in Qatar, but in any case the IFJ or its affiliates should not participate in May 3rd events if it is held in Qatar.
Council of Global Unions
The General Secretary said he was asked to serve as Vice- president next year and 929 President the following year. He was inclined to accept this invitation. Olivo de León asked for a description of the job and the workload for the Executive Committee and the General Secretary said it will be done for the next meeting.
Global Forum for Media Development
The General Secretary presented the proposal to formally join the GFMD. Chris Warren asked if members of the IFJ or regions could be involved separately and if it could be coordinated with other work for example INSI or IFEX. The General Secretary said it was open for others to join and he hoped that it would provide a focus for coordination of work with IFEX and INSI.
The recommendation was agreed.
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Osvaldo Urriolabeitia,
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Uli Remmel,
Aidan White,
Paco Audije,
OPENING AND WELCOME
President
Senior Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Honorary Treasurer
General Secretary
Deputy General Secretary
The President opened the meeting and welcomed the members. The meeting adopted the Minutes of the Administrative Committee meeting of 31 May.
SECRETARIAT
Communications and Human Rights Officer
The General Secretary reported that after the announcement of the departure of Rachel Cohen, who is to join Union Network International, he had advertised the vacancy and moved to make an appointment at the end of October he appointed Ernest Sagaga, a former BBC producer and communications officer with the International Criminal Court. He took up his position on November 10th.
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FUTURE MISSIONS
Korea, the President said that he had visited Korea for an international conference and as a result a request for a mission to investigate the conditions of journalists and for press freedom from the Journalists Association of Korea. He said that initial soundings, including contact with the Korean authorities, suggested that such a mission, in line with
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a similar IFJ mission some years ago led by Hans Verploeg, would be useful. It was agreed to recommend that such a mission take place.
It was agreed also to consider and to discuss with the Executive Committee possible missions to Eritrea and Qatar and a new initiative regarding China.
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The General Secretary reviewed the actions taken on decisions of the previous Executive Committee meeting. He particularly noted the work on women's equality and the decision to organise an EJI conference early next year. This was in the process of being put in place.
PRESS CONFERENCE
The President raised the question of the Press Conference organised later in the day. It was agreed that the crisis of ownership within the French media, the problem of the états genereaux and its failure to give prominence to the problems facing journalists, and the issue of impunity and safety of journalists required a debate given that the French government had been one of the sponsors of the UN resolution on safety of journalists in conflict zones.
EXILED JOURNALISTS
The President said that it would be useful to review formally the relations the IFJ has with exiled journalists
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The Treasurer presented the accounts. These were noted. He drew attention to a number of problems because of unions that had not paid fees. It was noted that payment of fees had been received including from Australia and Germany( DJV) which had been anticipated and from Congo, Benin, Bulgaria, Iran, Ukraine, Emirates, France( SNJ) and Paraguay.
He said that his union had requested to continue for another year the exoneration they had been receiving.
It was agreed to request the DJV to make a proper request in writing giving details of the financial problems they were experiencing in line with policy.
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Romania: It was agreed that the Romanian society should be recognised within the Mediasind for the purposes of IFJ affiliation. If there was any debate for the period prior to their integration into Mediasind this should be repaid.
Israel: The IFJ had proposed a solution, but the Jerusalem section had said that they could not pay fees and wished to be considered as Category C, not A. The General Secretary said that it was necessary to seek that the Tel Aviv branch, which included the nation federation headquarters, should take responsibility for this problem and that their cooperation should be sought, if not the union should be expelled.
It was agreed to approach the National Federation of Israel Journalists in Tel Aviv and to ask them to take responsibility for their membership of the IFJ and, if possible to seek a meeting. If the NFIJ is not prepared to re- engage with the IFJ a proposal to remove them from the roll of IFJ members will be put before the next meeting of the Executive Committee.
Azerbaijan: It was agreed to grant the Public Radio and TV Independent Trade Union an exoneration of 50 per cent of their fees.
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Romania: It was agreed that the Romanian society should be recognised within the Mediasind for the purposes of IFJ affiliation. If there was any debate for the period prior to their integration into Mediasind this should be repaid.
Israel: The IFJ had proposed a solution, but the Jerusalem section had said that they could not pay fees and wished to be considered as Category C, not A. The General Secretary said that it was necessary to seek that the Tel Aviv branch, which included the nation federation headquarters, should take responsibility for this problem and that their cooperation should be sought, if not the union should be expelled.
It was agreed to approach the National Federation of Israel Journalists in Tel Aviv and to ask them to take responsibility for their membership of the IFJ and, if possible to seek a meeting. If the NFIJ is not prepared to re- engage with the IFJ a proposal to remove them from the roll of IFJ members will be put before the next meeting of the Executive Committee.
Azerbaijan: It was agreed to grant the Public Radio and TV Independent Trade Union an exoneration of 50 per cent of their fees.
MEMBERSHIP
Congo: National Press Union
Agree to associate membership with an assurance that the union will recognise its responsibility to pay fees.
Libya: Libyan Journalists Association
The union accepts the IFJ's criticisms of its constitution and will make the changes necessary to meet IFJ membership.
Agree to Associate membership pending changes to the constitution when they may apply for upgrading to Full membership.
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APPENDIX 2
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The IFJ and the Future of Journalism
The Executive Committee agrees to establish a consultative group drawn from the ranks of the IFJ membership to consider the development of the IFJ and its future work. This group will consider changes taking place in the world of journalism and make recommendations to the IFJ on actions to be taken to review, strengthen and reinforce the work of journalists' unions.
The work of the Commission will cover the following issues:
1. The Changing Landscape of Journalism
Changing working practices and their impact on journalism;
• Failing models of media funding and the search for alternatives;
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• Reinforcing public service values;
• Reinforcing journalistic engagement in crisis conditions;
The different challenges for different regions- including media development, security, and confronting corruption.
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APPENDIX 3 Financial Report
Treasurer Brief Report on 2008 Third Quarter
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Dear colleagues,
World- wide finance crises raised questions: Is the money of IFJ in good hands, is it safe? I think it is. It is as safe as it could be because our money isn't invested in share capital or units which reduced in value in the last weeks. Our reserves are invested in term deposits. And they are divided to several banks. We are not only customer of the Fortis- bank, which has had a lot of problems, but these problems had been solved. We are also customer for example of AXA and ING bank. I had long discussions with the IFJpresident Jim Boumelha as well as with Irene, our bookkeeper at Brussels. I was in contact with Wolfgang Meyer, treasurer of the EFJ, and he contacted Philippe Leruth from the Belgium Union. All we found out was- our money is not in danger because it is not invested in share capital or units. Nevertheless we will have to watch the evolution in the markets very carefully.
The third quarter accounts are still good. Our income is higher than we planned, our expenditure is lower in the budget for the third quarter. So we realised a surplus of 324.730€ at 30th September 2008. Some details:
Fees income was 938.040€ at the end of the third quarter, so 158.040€ more than expected. 114.810€ of this income came from fees for previous years.
Projects income was 219.850€(- 9540€), other income 181.390€(+ 47,900). Among these other income 126.470€ were coming from press- cards and 39.400€ from interests.
The interest is higher because our current accounts are now bringing more interest income than in the past. Our total income at the end of the third quarter was 1.339.280€.
Expenditure for staff, admin and working programs was lower than the budget of the third quarter(- 148.110€), altogether the expenditure at the end of the third quarter was 1.014.550€. All important costs as staff, administration, missions or equipment were lower than expected.
All this should be encouraging, but there is still an old problem: the outstanding fees. We were waiting at the end of the third quarter for more than 400.000€, so 340.000€ for 2008, the rest for previous years. Most of these debts will be regulated at the end of the year, I'm sure- Australia nearly 40.000€, France SNJ 8200€, Germany DJV 22.000€, Great Britain+ Ireland NUJ 74.000€, Spain FAPE 30.000€, USA AFTRA 14.000€, Russia 20.000€. These unions together have to pay more than 200.000€.
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Other outstanding fees are much more difficult to get: Nigeria: 58.000€, Israel 20.000€ or Poland SDRP 11.000€. We will receive more reports on these amounts.
In summer 2008 we sent letters to a couple of unions, sometimes there was a response and we received the fees or were asked to make arrangements. Unfortunately, the Nigerian Union, for example, is ignoring all our letters. The African congress at Nairobi in the end of November 2008 will be a good, maybe the last posibility to discuss all these questions with African IFJ- members who have not paid their fees.
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100,06
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158,04
780,00
1040,00
1066,78
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2. Projects
219,85
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229,39
305,85
401,15
3. Other
181,39
39,39
142,01
189,34
189,34
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27,00
36,00
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1339,28
160,89
1178,39
1571,19
1657,27
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28,308
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700,77
45,09
745,86
994,48
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84,72
290,27
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148,11
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135,44
772,50
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1056,78
Bad Debts
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61,92
-16,92
-45,00
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114,81
39,81
75,00
100,00
100,00
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938,04
158,04
780,00
1040,00
1066,78
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30,00
40,00
28,00
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19,70
26,89
35,85
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22,50
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219,85
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229,39
305,85
401,15
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Press Cards
126.47
21,47
105,00
140,000
140,00
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3,75
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4,64
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4,64
6,18
6,34
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1,86
1,86
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6,45
2,10
4,35
5,80
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Interest Income
39,40
23,65
15,75
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45,00
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47,90
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100.08
Project Funded
Salaries
152,04
20,12
172,16
229,54
281,64
Benefits
8,19
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5,67
7,56
12,32
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5,28
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4,34
5,78
14.47
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Salaries
359,31
45,34
404,65
539,53
517,81
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23,46
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22,73
30,31
45,07
Pension
18,10
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17,96
23,94
30,11
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100,89
7,30
108,19
144,25
152,86
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4,24
1,84
6,08
8,11
6,12
Pension
5,53
-1,44
4,10
5,46
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23,73
3,27
27,00
36,00
38,29
100 Total
100,2
700,77
72,09
772,86
1030,48
1106,32
00
100.a
5.Administration.
100,0
Equipment
100.
Print& Stationary
8,91
2,72
11,63
15,50
16,28
Post and Telecommunica
17,87
8,38
26,25
35,00
36,75
Fixtures
9,51
-0,51
9,00
12,00
12,60
Audit Fees
3,72
1,88
5,63
7,50
7.88
100.ar
Headquarters
008
Rent
100.8
51,37
6,97
58,34
77,78
81,67
Service Insurance
2,28
0,78
3,06
4,08
4,28
Repairs
12,21
-4,56
7,65
10,20
10,71
Canteen
1,98
-0,07
1,91
2,54
2,67
Other Running Costs EFJ
0,38
2,70
3,08
4,10
4,31
Total
108,23
18,30
126,53
168,70
177,14
6.working Programme
Regional Offices
102,00
110,25
147,00
112.00
Latin America
35,00
-8,75
26,25
35,00
35,00
Asia- Pacific
30,00
-3,75
26,25
35,00
35,00
Africa
37,00
-5,50
31,50
42,00
42,00
Europe
0,00
26,25
26,25
35,00
Statutory Meetings
40,87
51,77
69,03
78,00
3

International and European Federation of Journalists
Finance Report at 30 September 2008 and budget 2009
Income and Expenditure
qo bns lenollsmetrl
bns
actual 3rd Variance
Budget
Budget 2008
Budget 2009
Favourable(+)
3rd quarter
( Expressed in 1000 Euroquarter 2008 Adverse(-)
2008
adjusted
EC/ AC-
9,15
13,35
22,50
30,00
30,00
Steercom
1,10
3,40
4,50
6,00
8,00
Assistance Fund
12,66
Assistance Fund Provision
-12,66
Translations/ interpretation
21,90
0,60
22,50
30,00
30,00
Trans./interpretation Stee
8,72
-6,45
2,27
3,03
10,00
Benefits to Affiliates
37,26
49,50
66,00
66,00
Website
11,60
1,15
12,75
17,00
17,00
Publicatio
7,50
7,50
10,00
10,00
Documentation& Affiliatio
2,28
0,72
$ 3,00
4,00
4,00
IPC expenses
23,38
2,87
26,25
35,00
35,00
Campaigns
12,25
56,25
75,00
76,00
Trade Unionism
3,24
2,76
6,00
8,00
10,00
Authors Rights
LAREG Activities
2,98
0,77
3,75
5,00
4,00
Broadcasting
3,75
3,75
5,00
$ 5.00
Globalisation
3,68
8,32
12,00
16,00
16,00
Press Freedom
3,75
3,75
5,00
5,00
Safety
0,28
3,47
3,75
5,00
5,00
Training& Information
0,56
6,94
7,50
10,00
10,00
Projects Development
1,26
2,49
3,75
5,00
5,00
Quality EFJ
3,00
3,00
4,00
4,00
Gender IFJ/ EFJ
7,50
$ 7,50
10,00
10,00
Other
0,25
1,25
1.50
2,00
2,00
Missions
13.17
22.50
30,00
30,00
Travel
7.22
4,03
11,25
15,00
15,00
Accomodation
0,84
1,41
2,25
3,00
3,00
Subsistence& PR
3,07
2,93
6,00
8,00
8,00
Missions EFJ& PR
2,04
0,96
3,00
4,00
4,00
Total
205,55
84,72
290,27
387,03
362,00
CASH FLOW OPERATING ACTIVITIES
100
Income Expenditure
1339,28
-1014,55
1178,39 -1162,66
1571,19
1657,27
-1550,21
-1533,62
Cash Flow
324,73
15,73
20,98
123,66
100
gpoileeM vigtule12
4

3. Situation des cotisations au 30.09.2008
- Lettre de l'Association des Journalistes de Jérusalem - Lettre de la Société des journalistes roumains

30.00
30,00
68.00
17.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
16.00
5.00
5.09
10,00
5.00
30.00
15.00 3.00
2000
35,00
1571,19 1550
1633,62

Outstanding Fees UPDATED to 30 September 2008
Fees EFJ
exon/
Total
Pts fees for
Pts fees
pts 2008
Fees Due
Fees
Fees
Fees
Caragories/ Unions
for 2007& Fees 2004
Fees 2006
Adjustments
2005
2007
2008
before
expelled
Fees Due
07& Before
for 2008
Total
C Afghanistan- AIJA
219.91
219.91
219.91
C Albania- APJA
139.18
129.80
268.98
268.98
C Albania- LAJ
147.32
149.86
297.18
297.18
C Algeria
Angola re- admitted
C Argentina
C Armenia
A Arab Emirates JA
A Australia
601.06
706.10
718.38
2025.54
1200.00
1200.00
825.54
594.00
734.85
747.63 exon,
-70.60
2,005.88
2,005.88
3,600.00
4,680.00
8,280.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
5,280.00
178.18
178.18
178.18
178.18
0.00
3,439.80
3,439.80
3,439.80
39,148.00
39,148.00
39,148.00
A Austria DJP( druckpapier)
Austria KMSfB
13,241.40
13,241.40
8,390.86
8,390.86
4,850.54
4,129.60
4,129.60
4,129.60
4,129.60
0.00
C Azerbaijan
537.00
752.00
146.25 exon,
-674.43
760.82
300.00
314.57
614.57
146.25
C Azerbaijan Radio TV
335.79
335.79
335.79
B
Bahrein
210.00
468.00
678.00
678.00
C Belarus assoc. Of Journ.
A Belgium
C Benin UPMB
C BoliviaSFB
C Bosnia Herceg.- ACJ Mostar
C Bosnia Assoc. Jour. Rep. Srpska
C Bosnia BHJA
718.03
718.03
718.03
718.03
0.00
17,400.00
17,400.00
17,400.00
17,400.00
0.00
92.00
93.60
185.60
185.60
2.90
17.55
20.45
20.45
112.10
112.10
112.10
112.10
0.00
434.70
434.70
442.26
1,311.66
1,311.66 0
468.00
468.00
468.00
468.00
0.0000
C Brasil
C Bulgaria- Podkrepa
73.84
C Bulgaria- BJU
11,700.00 exon,
-3,075.00
8,625.00
4,312.50
4,312.50
4,312.50
326.60
406.12
806.56
806.560
2,340.00
2,340.00
2,340.00
2,340.00
0.00
Friedrich- F
Ebert
C Burkina Faso
C Burundi- ABJ
181.70
184.86
366.56
366.56
70.03
70.03
70.03
*
Bibliothek
*
1

4090
Fees EFJ
exon/
Total
Pts fees for
Pts fees
Fees
Fees
Fees
pts 2008
Fees Due
Caragories/ Unions
for 2007& Fees 2004
Fees 2006
Adjustments
2005
2007
2008
before
expelled
Fees Due
07& Before
for 2008
Total
C Cambodian Assoc. CAP
C Cameron
A Canada- FNC
17.70
175.50
17.70
17.70
175.50
175.50
175.50
0.00
7,020.00
7,020.00
7,020.00
7,020.00
0.00
A
A Canada- C.E.P.Ottawa
Capo Verde
A TNG Canada/ CWA Ottawa
C Chile
Colombia FECOLPER
C Congo
C Congo- Brazzaville
C Costa Rica
C Croatia JA
B Cyprus
B Cyprus( Turkey Basin- Sen)
C Czech Republic
Denmark
C Dominican Republic
East Timor sjtl
East Timor tlja
C Estonia
14,040.00
14,040.00
14,040.00
14,040.00
0.00
88.92
88.92
88.92
88.92
0.00
12,987.00
12,987.00
12,987.00
12,987.00
0.00
160.00
292.50
452.50
452.50
186.49
1,138.41
1,324.90
186.49
186.49
1,138.41
182.69
470.34
653.03
653.03
76.48
1,610.00
1,579.50
3,265.98
3,265.98
175.50
175.50
175.50
4,064.06
4,064.06
3,325.14
3,325.14
738.66
1,653.88
1,653.88
1,653.88
1,653.88
0.00
910.00
910.00
910.00
910.00
0.00
7,612.80
7,612.80
7,612.80
61,717.80
61,717.80
61,717.80
61,717.80
0.00
713.00
725.40 exon,
-637.45
800.95
163.50
163.50
637.45
43.87
43.87
43.87
46.40
46.80
93.20
93.20
-153.40
153.40
1,341.60
1,341.60
1,495.00
1,495.00
-153.40
C Ethiopia
47.56
48.38
95.94
95.94
A Finland
A France CFDT
A France CGT
67,691.80
67,691.80
67,691.80
67,691.80
0.00
2,900.00
2,900.00
2,900.00
2,900.00
0.00
6,438.00
6,438.00
6,438.00
6,438.00
0.00
A
France- FO
275.25
334.00
1,242.01
Expelled
-2,609.26
242.00
242.00
242.00
0.00
A France- SNJ
12,354.00
12,354.00
C Gambia
193.20
196.56
389.76
4,118.00 375.00
4,118.00
8,236.00
375.00
14.76

Fees EFJ
exon/
Total
Pts fees for
Pts fees
pts 2008
Fees Due
Fees
Fees
Fees
Caragories/ Unions
for 2007& Fees 2004
Fees 2006
Adjustments
2005
2007
2008
before
expelled
Fees Due
07& Before
for 2008
Total
C Georgia Assoc.
77.81
79.46
79.46
80.83
317.56
317.56
A Germany- DJV
98,600.00
-19,040.00
79,560.00
57,350.00
57,350.00
22,210.00
A Germany- VER.DI
98,600.00
-9,860.00
88,740.00
88,740.00
88,740.00
0.00
C Ghana
A Great Britain+ Ireland( excl. EFJ)
A Greece- JUADN
920.00
920.00
936.00
2,776.00
2,776.00
38,036.74
98,600.00 26,587.20
136,636.74
38,036.74
24,650.00
62,686.74
73,950.00
26,587.20
26,587.20
26,587.20
0.00
Greece- pepu
1,034.00
4,324.00
5,510.00
10,868.00
9,834.00
9,834.00
1,034.00
A Greece PFJU
A Greece- JUMTD( ESIEMTH)
C Guinee- Bissau
guinee- conakry
1,972.00
1,972.00
1,972.00
1,972.00
0.00
4,315.20
4,315.20
4,315.20
4,315.20
0.00
349.60
355.68
705.28
705.28
9.66
117.00
126.66
126.66
C Honduras- Sitinpress
115.00
117.00
232.00
232.00
B| Hong Kong
936.00
936.00
936.00
C Hungary- AHJ
C Hungary- HPU
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
0.00
1,907.10
1,907.10
2,034.50
2,034.50
-127.40
A Iceland
C India- IJU
C India- NUJ
C India AINEF
2,731.80
2,731.80
2,731.80
2,731.80
0.00
250.00
250.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
0.00
C Indonesia
1,007.37
1,007.37
1,020.32
1,020.32
-12.95
C Iran
4,280.30
4,354.74
8,635.04
8,635.04
C Iraq IUJ
3,510.00
3,510.00
3,510.00
3,510.00
0.00
A Iraq( Kurdistan)
2,925.00
2,925.00
2,925.00
2,925.00
0.00
A Israel
7,689.50
7,774.00
7,774.00
7,909.20
-11,013.16
20,133.54
20,133.54
A Italy
C Ivory Coast
C Jamaica PAJ
69,652.20
69,652.20
69,652.20
69,652.20
0.00
335.00
351.00
686.00
686.00
19.33
117.00
136.33
19.33
117.00
136.33
0.00
3

Caragories/ Unions
A Japan- JCMMWU- Nipporo
A Japan- Mimpororen
A Japan- Shimbun Roren
C Jordan-
B Korea JAK
C Kosova
C Kuwait
C Kyrghyz- PAJ
C
Latvia
C Liberia Press Union
C Lithuania Journ. Union
A Luxembourg
C Macedonia
C Malaysia
C Mali
A Malta IMJ
C Mauritius MUJ
C Mexique( SNRP)
C Moldova
C Mongolia
C Montenegro ITUJM
C Morocco
A Netherlands
C Nepal NUJ
Nepal Press Union
C Nepal FNJ
New Zealand
Fees EFJ
exon/
Total
Pts fees for
Pts fees
Fees
Fees
Fees
pts 2008
Fees Due
for 2007& Fees 2004
Fees 2006
Adjustments
2005
2007
2008
before
expelled
Fees Due
07& Before
for 2008
Total
21,060.00
21,060.00
21,060.00
21,060.00
0.00
4,680.00
4,680.00
4,680.00
4,680.00
0.00
150.00
14,040.00
14,190.00
13,650.00
13,650.00
540.00
380.25
380.25
380.25
380.25
0.00
2,363.40
2,363.40
2,363.40
204.16
204.16
204.16
498.33
9,597.39
10,095.72
10,095.72
10,095.72
0.00
99.45
99.45
99.45
551.18
743.60
1,294.78
551.18
276.00
827.18
467.60
286.52
351.00
637.52
637.52
2,340.00
2,340.00
2,340.00
609.00
609.00
609.00
609.00
0.00
354.00
354.00
354.00
354.00
0.00
1,380.00
1,404.00
2,784.00
1,380.00
1,404.00
2,784.00
0.00
172.50
373.23
545.73
545.73
144.90
200.10
387.52
732.52
732.52
23.40
23.40
23.40
23.40
0.00
76.00
280.80
356.80
76.00
174.00
250.00
106.80
35.57
215.28
250.85
35.57
215.28
250.85
0.00
351.00
351.00
351.00
190.19
190.19
190.19
190.19
0.00
705.51
705.51
705.51
705.51
0.00
33,580.00
42,340.00-16,790.00-10,585.00
48,545.00
48,545.00
48,545.00
0.00
217.50
219.37
436.87
500.00
500.00
-63.13
50.00
50.00
50.00
409.50
-359.50
50.00
50.00
50.00
0.00
3,369.60
3,369.60
3,369.60
3,369.60
0.00

Fees EFJ
exon/
Total
Pts fees for
Pts fees
pts 2008
Fees Due
Fees
Fees
Fees
Caragories/ Unions
for 2007& Fees 2004
Fees 2006
Adjustments
2005
2007
2008
before
expelled
Fees Due
07& Before
for 2008
Total
C Niger-Niamey
C Nigeria
299.00
299.00
304.20
902.20
902.20
14,380.00
14,550.00
9,550.00
19,890.00
58,370.00
58,370.00
A Norway
47,043.80
47,043.80
47,043.80
47,043.80
0.00
C Pakistan PFUJ
C Palestine- PJS
500.00
4,095.00
-3,595.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
702.00
702.00
702.00
C Paraguay
1,150.00
460.00
468.00
-682.00
1,396.00
1,396.00
C
Peru
C Philippines NUJP
735.93
735.93
735.93
735.93
0.00
250.00
877.50
-627.50
500.00
500.00
500.00
0.00
C Poland SDRP
2,163.18
2,297.70
6,860.88
11,321.76
11,321.76
Poland- SDP
1,508.26
6,500.00
8,008.26
6,500.00
6,500.00
1,508.26
A Portugal
C Romania
Romania Mediasind
C Russia
C Rwanda- RJA
11,078.00
11,078.00
5,539.00
5,539.00
5,539.00
433.55
539.11
972.66
972.66
6,120.40
6,120.40
6,120.40
19,550.00
19,890.00
39,440.00
19,550.00
19,550.00
19,890.00
104.20
104.20
104.20
C San Salvador SPSS
160.29
160.29
160.29
160.29
0.00
C Senegal
C Serbia IJAS( Nuns)
565.80
585.00
1,150,80
1,150.80
1,150.80
0.00
2,494.85
2,827.11
5,321.96
5,321.96
C Serbia JAS( uns)
3,609.32
3,609.32
3,609.32
3,609.32
0.00
*
Serbia JUS 100%( uns exon Sidney)
C Sierra Leone- SLAJ
C Slovakia
C Slovenia
C Somalia( NUSOJ)
CS.A. MWASA
A Spain- FAPE IFJ
A Spain CC.00,
0.00
0.00
145.00
146.25
291.25
291.25
3,311.96
3,311.96
3,311.96
3,311.96
0.00
2,815.80
2,815.80
2,815.80
2,815.80
0.00
262.20
281.97
544.17
262.20
281.97
544.17
0.00
575.00
585.00
1,160.00
1,160.00
29,423.40
29,423.40
29,423.40
2,320.00
2,320.00
2,320.00
2,320.00
0.00
5

Fees EFJ
exon/
Total
Fees
Fees
Pts fees for
Pts fees
Caragories/ Unions
Fees
pts 2008
Fees Due
for 2007& Fees 2004
Fees 2006
Adjustments
2005
2007
2008
before
expelled
Fees Due
07& Before
for 2008
Total
A Spain-ELA/ IGEKO
1,189.00
1,189.00
1,189.00
1,189.00
0.00
C Sri Lanka- FMETU
50.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
C Sri Lanka- SLWJA
Sri Lanka FMM
C Sudab SUJ
A Sweden
A Switzerland- FSJ Impressum
A Switzerland- CoMedia
50.00
50.00
1,755.00 exon,
-1,705.00
150.00
150.00
42.92
43.29
86.21
86.00
86.00
0.00
191.66
1,170.00
1,361.66
1,361.66
82,824.00
82,824.00
82,824.00
82,824.00
0.00
26,540.80
26,540.80
26,540.80
26,540.80
0.00
13,630.00
13,630.00
13,630.00
13,630.00
0.00
A Switzerland- Medienschaf.
7,572.24
7,572.24
7,572.24
7,572.24
0.00
A Taiwan assoc,
1,310.40
1,310.40
161.00
161.00
1,149.40
C Tanzania Union of J.
196.19
343.85
343.85
326.43
1,210.32
1,210.32
C Thailand
1,660.00
568.00
580.00
580.00
0.00 expelled
-3,388.00
0.00
0.00
C Togo
35.38
43.29
78.67
78.67
C Tunisia
Tunisia SJT
C Turkey PJA
-
B Turkey- TGS
819.95
834.21
1,654.16
1,654.16
92.80
93.60
186.40
186.40
547.56
547.56
550.00
550.00
-2.44
1,040.00
1,040.00
1,040.00
1,040.00
0.00
C Uganda
C Ukraine NUJ
331.25
466.90
475.02
1,273.17
291.00
291.00
982.17
4,095.00
4,095.00
4,095.00
C Ukraine IMTUU
C Uruguay APU
A U.S.A- TNG- CWA
A U.S.A. WGAE
A IU.S.A. NWU
A U.S.A. AFTRA
C Venezuela
Yemen
1,170.00
1,170.00
1,170.00
1,170.00
0.00
479.70
479.70
479.70
479.70
0.00
49,680.00 4,600.00
50,544.00 4,680.00
100,224.00 49,680.00
50,544.00
100,224.00
0.00
9,280.00
9,280.00
9,280.00
0.00
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468.00
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468.00
468.00
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936.00
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819.00
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13,918.32
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Fees
Fees
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2007
2008
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579.15
1,148.40
1,148.40
C Zimbabwe
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684.05
1,017.10
1,017.10
TOTAL
4,957.55
1,660.00 23,186.75 31,962.88
199,531.90
1,248,842.62
-16,790.00-67,921.90
1,425,429.80
114,810.51
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Paris, 15th 16th November 2008
FINANCES- IFJ fees due Romanian Journalists' Society
Point 6.3.
FINANCES- Fees due Romanian Journalists' Society
To International Federation of Journalists
Att. Mr. Aidan White
Dear Sir,
As we have already informed you, since 2006 we are members of Mediasind, so we pay our fee directly to this organization. In this case I am afraid that it is impossible for us to pay another fee directly to IFJ and EFJ as we have allready payed our fees.
Best Regards,
Romanian Journalists' Society President,
Cornelius Popa
En français
Comme ils sont membres de MediaSind depuis 2006 et qu'ils paient directement ces cotisations à cette organisation, il leur est impossible d'encore payer des cotisations séparées à la FIJ et à la FEJ. Ils considèrent que ces cotisations ont été perçues via MediaSind.
En español
Desde 2006, dicha asociación( Society) se integró en MediaSind, pagandoles sus cuotas directamente. Por eso es imposible para ellos seguir a pagar unas cuotas separadas a la FIP y a la FEP. Está claro que esas cuotas están pagadas a través de MediaSind.
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PUBLIC TELEVISION& RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION
IFJ Executive Committee Meeting Paris, 15th- 16th November 2008
Phase:(+99412) Point 6.3./ 6.4.2.
Finances: Fees due Membership: NFIJ
Finances: IFJ fees due
Israel: Jerusalem Journalists' Association
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Our board discussed today the issue brought up by your mail. In the coming 3 months we are about to conduct a legal battle to maintain jobs- and- or proper pensions to 380 journalists- our friends- whose jobs are about to be" eliminated" by the new government reform of the public broadcasting in Israel.
This is going to cost us everything saved here for a rainy day. At this time we can not allocate funds to the IFJ.
As we stated- it is our aim to build bridges to the IFJ and take active role in many areas of action for the well being and ethical conduct of journalist in our region and the world. But at this point we must do everything we can to protect those who paid us over the years so that we can protect them at a moment of crisis.
I hope that our position will be understood.
Best
Haim Shibi- Head of Foreign relations committee, Jerusalem Association of Journalists
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International Federation of Journalists
Christiane Denis
Executive Secretary
Dear colleague,
First of all I would like to thank you for acceptance associative membership of our organization to International Federation of Journalists. I believe this will help us to protect rights and interests journalists in our country. By the way we are ready actively participate at your international events.
In spite of we are new created organization we pay special attention protection of rights of employees and also their cultural activities and rest. During last year we spend our almost all finances for construction of resort center in one of the beautiful region in Azerbaijan. We are planning to have opening ceremony on April next year and we will invite you to participate in this event.
For that reason taking into account our financial difficulties we would like to you do not charge membership fee for our organization for 2008 year. We would be grateful to you for this help.
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11. SAFETY FUND
Balance Safety Fund
Balance Vintu Fund
Balance Funds at 01.01.2008
Donors 2008
Safety Fund
App
1.314.706,02
4.254,20 1.318.960,22
140.374,99
Denmark
84.336,91
Japan
5.000,00
Norway
30.000,00
Sweden
9.255,58
Germany Tillac
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Great Britain
1.777,50
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Interpretors an Translators Fund
2.875,50
Financial Income
21.723,60
Interest Revenue Bank Charges
21.942,22
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Administration
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10.528,12
6.013,62
Relief Safety Fund
-30.879,70
Afghanistan
4.000,00
Dominican Rep.
800,00
Mongolia
2.000,00
Paraguay
479,70
Senegal
17.000,00
Somalia
600,00
Sri Lanka
1.000,00
Venezuela
5.000,00
Relief Vintu Foundation
-19.359,92
Balance at 20/10/2008
Banks
Safety Fund accounts current Axa
2.779,13
Safety Fund accounts deposits( Axa)
1.225.000,00
Safety Fund current accounts( Fortis)
127.444,12
Safety Fund current accounts( Lloyds UK)
557,20
IFJ owes
106.372,50
Balance at 20/10/2008
1.462.152,95
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Dominican Republic
" La Federación Internacional de Periodistas( FIP) expresa su creciente preocupación por el agravamiento de la situación de inseguridad e incremento de amenazas de muerte contra periodistas y trabajadores de la prensa de la República Dominicana".
" Preocupan particularmente al Comité Ejecutivo de la FIP las recientes amenazas dirigidas contra los periodistas Víctor Enrique Vásquez Sosa, Ricardo Arias, Tony Brito, Raúl Moreno Cárdenas, Carlos Báez, Octavio Vásquez, Manuel Vega, Melton Pineda, Consuelo Despradel, Robert Vargas, Iván Durán, Johnny Alberto Salazar, Manuel Guillermo García, Tomás de la Cruz, Yanet González, Esteban Rosario y otros".
" De acuerdo a las denuncias recibidas por el Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa( SNTP), las situaciones de riesgo para las vidas de estos colegas se deben a sectores ligados al narcotráfico, la corrupción y la delincuencia, que han encontrado complicidad en algunos factores de poder del país, incluidos agentes policiales, militares, judiciales y empresariales".
" Hay que recordar que en lo que va de año, estas amenazas se concretaron con el asesinato, en enero y julio, de los fotorreporteros Manuel Díaz y Normando García, este último todavía en investigación, y que se han dado más de 65 casos de agresiones e intimidaciones, entre los que se encuentran 21 sometimientos a la justicia".
" La FIP formula un enérgico llamado al gobierno y a las instituciones del Estado dominicano para que adopten medidas y previsiones destinadas a asegurar la vida, la integridad física de los colegas y el ejercicio pleno del periodismo y contribuyan con esfuerzos tangibles a garantizar la libertad de expresión y el derecho a la información de la sociedad dominicana en general".
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