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• 20.05.16 Hue City in Vietnam hosts a Memory of the World regional meeting On the invitation of the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC), in coordination with the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO and MOWCAP's Secretariat, the 7th General Meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) took place from 18 to 20 May 2016, in Hue City, Vietnam.

• 20.05.16 IPDC delegation visits Turkey Ms Albana Shala, Chair of IPDC, and Mr Blicher Bjerregard, IPDC Bureau member, Representative of Denmark and President of the European Federation of Journalists, visited Ankara from 9 to 11 May 2016. The mission was organized by the Permanent Delegation of the Repubic of Turkey to UNESCO and the Anadolu News Agency Journalism Academy (AA).

• 19.05.16 Final call on governments to join the UNESCO Global Survey on Governments' Actions on Gender and Media In a move to highlight the crucial role of national governments in pursuing gender equality in the media staffing and content, UNESCO is consulting with its 195 Member and 9 Associate Member States to showcase relevant actions taken by them towards realizing this goal.

• 18.05.16 A UNESCO Memory of the World workshop to strengthen Central American sub-regional cooperation and heritage preservation A three-day UNESCO Memory of the World training workshop for Central America opened on Wednesday, 11 May 2016 in Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala). The workshop is organized by the National Commission of Guatemala for UNESCO in cooperation with UNESCO Guatemala office.

• 18.05.16 IPDC Chair Albana Shala Calls for Research Partnerships on Journalists' Safety at WPFD Conference IPDC Chair Albana Shala took part in a two-day research conference on the safety of journalists during the celebrations of World Press Freedom Day in Helsinki, Finland on 3 and 4 May. The conference aimed at strengthening cooperation with academia in line with the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.

• 18.05.16 Commemoration of the ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, Republic of Seychelles The Republic of Seychelles commemorated the ITU World Telecommunication and Information Society Day today, the 17th of May 2016.

• 18.05.16 UNESCO publishes first-ever comprehensive report on media development in Curaçao UNESCO launched last week its report on media development in Curaçao to an audience of more than 60 stakeholders at an event organized in Curaçao's capital Willemstad. The report was officially presented to Ms Irene Dick, Minister of Education, Science, Culture & Sport.

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