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Source:
reg.cuba
Subject:
War in Havana
Date:
13 Jul 1998 11:53:11
Havana, Cuba
June 17, 1998

Dear Colleague:

The Jose Marti International Institute of Journalism (IIPJM) has
organized the FIRST WORLD WAR CORRESPONDENTS ENCOUNTER,
to be held Nov 24 - Nov 27, 1998.

We would like to have representatives from your group here to
share common experiences. The meeting will try to bring together
the largest possible group of journalists, researchers and
families of journalists killed in action.

The encounter will be a forum for professional and ethical
discussion, as well as a call for peace from those who have
lived and narrated war through images, text and voices.

There will be parallel events including the screening of war
documentaries, photo exhibits and homages to those who have
given their lives to secure information for their readers,
viewers or listeners.

I enclose a pamphlet with the esssential data from the
Organizing Committee, and we will gladly answer any questions.

Until we see eachother in Havana,


Guillermo Cabrera Alvarez
IIPJM General Director

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

World War Correspondents Encounter
November 24-27, 1998
Havana, Cuba

The Jose Marti International Institute of Journalism (IIPJM),
Cuban Journalists Union (UPEC), and other national and
international co-sponsors invite you to this unique
opportunity to meet each other and exchange experiences.
The event coincides with the respective 100 and 30th year
anniversaries of the Spanish-Cuban-US War in 1898 and Che
Guevara's foundation of Radio Rebelde in the Sierra Maestra.
All people who have risked their lives spreading truth in
high-risk situations have had similar experiences.
Let's come together and share them under the theme of :

THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED WAR DEFEND PEACE!

Topics at the Encounter will include, but are not limited to:
1.  New informational technology in War Journalism;
    the search for news in conflicts.
2.  The journalist as a peacekeeper, fighter and in negotiations.
3.  The image of War as a memoir of human history.
4.  International Humanitarian Law;
    journalistic ethics in high-risk actions.
5.  Globalization and commercialization of war in mass media,
    and the manipulation of information in armed conflict.

There will be simultaneous personal and collective expositions
of war photos, documentaries and films.
Interested participants should send a 30 line summary before
November 1, so the Organizing Committee can form the work
groups.
Photographers must submit the number and sizes of photos
to be shown, as well as the areas of conflict where they were
taken. Mounting will be responsibility of exhibitors.
Film makers and camera operators interested in projecting
their work must communicate the content and technical
requirements of their films or videos.

SPECIAL INVITATION FOR ALL

In addition to the printing of the conference findings,
it is the intention of the Organizing Committee to publish one
or more volumes of experiences from participants, including
those who cannot be present.
"The Name of War," with text and graphics, will donate all
profits after publishing costs to the International Red Cross
children's war victim fund.
This will be a contribution to those who have always been
on the side of the victims, in the hope of a definitive
"Farewell to Arms."
Writers and Journalists must deliver a maximum of 100 lines on
each conflict they've covered.
Photographers will be limited to five images for each conflict
All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

PROGRAM

  Five work panels as indicated above
  One person and group photo exhibits
  Projections of films and videos
  Guest lectures
  Commemorative day for deceased war correspondents
  A day for bilateral encounters between correspondents from the
  following areas:
  AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
  SUBSAHARAN AFRICA
  LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
  EUROPE
  ASIA

At the end of the conference there will be organized trips to:
  -The Border Brigade at the US Navy base in Guantanamo, Cuba
  -Playa Giron, site of the Bay of Pigs Invasion,
   and a visit to the Che Guevara Mausoleum

CUBA TRAVEL

For more info contact:
Guillermo Cabrera Alvarez
Encounter Coordinator
IIPJM General Director
Ave. G No. 503, e/ 21 y 23
Vedado, La Habana, Cuba
tel [537] 32 05 66, [537] 32 05 67
fax [537] 33 30 79
e-mail: mailto:
upec@mail.infocom.etecsa.cu

Direct English lines:
e-mail: mailto:
yankro@instjm.sld.cu
tel/fax [537] 32 55 32-9, ext 0803

Specialized Travel Agencies:
Rosa Llanes Garcia
HABANATUR
tel [537] 24 13 99
fax [537] 24 24 30
e-mail: mailto:rosa@cimex.com.cu

Alberto Blanco Dominguez
FANTASTICO
tel [537] 33 60 42,
tel/fax [537] 33 62 33
e-mail: mailto:blanco@viajes.cha.cyt.cu

THE CUBAN EMBASSY OR SECTION OF INTERESTS IN YOUR
COUNTRY ALSO HAS INFORMATION

THE SITE OF THE ENCOUNTER WILL BE
THE FAMOUS HABANA LIBRE TRYP
Prices per person/night in USD:
Room        Habana Libre        Vedado
single      140             76
double      98              60
Includes:
  MAP plan lodgings
  From and to Jose Marti international airport transportation
  One organized trip
  Guide service

Send the following pertinent data:
Full name
Press organization and address
Personal address
Country of residence
Profession
Conflict(s) participated
Radio
Television
Written Press
Photographer
Photo Journalist
Film Maker
Writer
Historian
Family member of deceased correspondent
Cartoonist or Artist
War Veteran
War Victim
Observer
Student
(for papers) Topic to be presented
(for photos) Theme and year
(for film and video) Theme, year, length and technical
requirements
Interested in participating in book, whose proceeds will be
donated to the
International Red Cross childrenAEs war victim fund
Registration fee:
80.00 USD participants
50.00 USD student, observer
Payable upon registration in Havana, includes credentials,
documents and
rights to participate in all events, as well as a certificate of
attendance.


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