NHT REPORT
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Omani Journalist Association (OJA) is representing Sultanate of Oman in hosting the 31st Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) a 4-day event that started on 31st May and will continue for 4 days at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in, Muscat the capital city.
The congress gains importance locally, regionally and internationally as the most prominent journalism and media related event in the Middle East. As many as 350 journalists, representing federations,associations and authorities from over 100 countries are taking part in the event.They are in addition to 50 journalists and media personalities who represent newspapers, radio, television channels and e-newspapers from all over the world.
Dr. Mohammed Mubarak Al-Araimi, Chairman of the OJA Board of Directors said that the OJA , in cooperation with the Secretariat General of the IFJ, will announce the Asian Federation for Journalists.
Dr Al-Araimi submitted the proposal of hosting the congress in Sep 2021 at IFJ’s executive office during a video conference. The Sultanate secured 18 votes out of 21, which makes it the second Arab country to host the Congress after Tunisia.
The journalists are presenting the papers , holding discussions and attending the seminars on economics, tourism, investments, culture, heritage of Sultanate of Oman that will introduce the Sultanate with its potential in different sectors of life. It can give boost to the tourism in the State.
The OAJ executive committee hopes that the Muscat conference would be a new major landmark in the regional history of journalism.
The congress is witnessing the election of a new leadership of IFJ in addition that Muscat hosts during this event, the founding meeting of the Asian Journalists Association to elect its first new management board. The two outstanding events constitute a distinction in the international and Asian process work, 100 years after the establishment of IFJ.
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