Highlights of the Muscat -Oman Summit
Author: Indira Nawagamuwa
Producer/Journalist/ Deputy Secretary FMETU
The newly elected members of the IFJ Executive Committee #IFJCongress2022
The 31st World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists was took place from May 31 until June 3 in Muscat, Oman. Over 250 participants representing journalists’ unions and associations from 92 countries will attend the Congress, with key themes including the surveillance of journalists and action to end impunity for crimes against media workers.
IFJ General Secretary, Anthony Bellanger, said: “The IFJ has a strong history of international journalist federations across the world. The Asia Pacific region was the missing piece. We hope the Federation of Asia Pacific Journalists (FAPaJ) will be a strong platform for journalists and media workers in this diverse and important region.”
The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries
Twitter: @ifjasiapacific, on Facebook: IFJAsiaPacific and Instagram
| President | Dominique Pradalié
SNJ – France
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| Senior Vice President
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Zuliana Lainez Otero
ANP – Peru
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| Vice-President s
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Nasser Abu Baker / Sabina Inderjit
PJS – Palestine/ Indian Journalists Union
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| Honorary-
Treasurer
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Jim Boumelha
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) |
| Advisers | Mohamed Al Araimi
OJA – Oman
Dhairan Almutairi KJA – Kuwait
Maria José Braga FENAJ – Brazil
Larry Goldbetter NWU – USA
Adriana Hurtado FECOLPER – Colombia
Mohamed Yassine Jelassi SNJT – Tunisia
Joachim Kreibich dju in verdi – Germany
Raffaele Lorusso FNSI – Italy
Filemón Medina Sindicato de Periodistas de Panama
Marion Medjo Obam SNJC – Cameroon
Luis Menendez FAPE – Spain
Jennifer Moreau UNIFOR – Canada
Omar Faruk Osman NUSOJ – Somalia
Adam Portelli MEAA – Australia
Maria Luisa Rogério SJA – Angola
Ali Youssef ORLB – Lebanon |
| Reserve Advisers
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Africa
1st Eduardo Constantino SNJ – Mozambique 2nd Stephen Ouma Bwire UJU – Uganda
Asia
– Rashid Al Hamer BJA – Bahrain – Mohammed Al Hammadi JA – UAE
Europe
1st Serhiy Shturkhetskyy IMTUU – Ukraine
Latin America
1st Jose Altagracia Guzman Beato SNTP – Dominican Republic 2nd Domingo Vargas FENATRAMCO – Chile
Oceania
1st Karen Percy MEAA – Australia 2nd Leigh Tonkin MEAA – Australia |
| General Reserve Advisers
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1st
Indira Priyadarshini Nawagamuwa FMETU – Sri Lanka 2nd Wanchi You ATJ – Taiwan
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The 31st IFJ World Congress Muscat -Oman
The 31st IFJ World Congress was held at the Convention hall of the Muscat Oman from 31st May 2022 to 03rd June,2022.
The 31st May 2022 was a very significant day for Asia Pacific Region. After years of struggle it was able to establish a Federation for Asia Pacific Region called FAPaJ.
The FAPaJ becomes the fourth IFJ regional group after the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and the Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y el Caribe (FEPALC) and comprises representatives from the Pacific, Western Asia, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia and Central Asia.
Federation of Asia Pacific Journalists Chaired by Ms. Sabina Indrajith and the rest of the executive will be as Follows:
Chairman : Ms. Sabina Inderjit, General-Secretary of the India Journalists Union (IJU) and IFJ Vice President, was elected as the first FAPaJ president.
Vice Chairman : Mr. Salem Al Jahwari was elected as FAPaJ Vice President .
Mr. Mousa Abdul Nour, Ali Yousef, Mohammad Alhammadi, Leigh Tonkin, Jonathan De Santos and Badri Sigdel elected as members of the Executive Committee.
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