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News release                                    3 November, 1994



       Former Director General of UNESCO to address AMARC 6
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      Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Director General of UNESCO from 1974 to
1987, will be the keynote speaker at the 6th World Conference of
Community Radio Broadcasters in Senegal this January.

      Born in Dakar in 1921, Mr. M'Bow became Senegal's Minister
of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in 1957 and 1958. After an
absence from government, during which he taught at Lycee
Faidherbe de Saint-Louis and at L'Ecole Normale Superieure de
Dakar, M'Bow once again joined the government, serving as
Minister of Education from 1966-1968 and Minister of Culture from
1968-70. In 1970 he was appointed UNESCO's Assistant Director
General for Education and in 1974 became Director General.

      Mr. M'Bow's tenure at UNESCO was highlighted by the debate
over the New World International Information and Communication
Order that was sparked by the 1980 report of the International
Commission for the Study of Communications Problems (commonly
referred to as the MacBride Commission).

      Mr. M'Bow's speech will inaugurate AMARC 6, the 6th World
Conference of Community Radio Broadcasters. Over 300 community
and alternative radio broadcasters from all continents are
expected to attend the conference in Dakar, Senegal from January
23 to 30, 1995. Organized by the World Association of Community
Radio Broadcasters (known by its French acronym, AMARC) the Dakar
meeting is the first to take place in Africa (the previous five
took place in Montreal and Vancouver, Canada, Nicaragua, Ireland
and Mexico.

      AMARC 6 will be preceded by a two day meeting of African
community and alternative radio broadcasters on January 20 and
21, and a one day meeting of women active in community radio on
January 22.

      For more information about AMARC 6, or to register, contact
the international secretariat at the address below.

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AMARC - association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires
          world association of community radio broadcasters
             asociacion mundial de radios comunitarias
3575 boul. St. Laurent, Suite 704	 Tel: +(1-514) 982-0351
Montreal, Quebec			 Fax: +(1-514) 849-7129
Canada				       Email: amarc@web.apc.org
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