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PRESS RELEASE

Vienna, 5 May 2003

New Kenyan President to open IPI World Congress in Nairobi

The Kenyan people provided to the African continent and the world an example of
peaceful, democratic transition when President Mwai Kibaki, who will open the
IPI World Congress in Nairobi, Kenya (1 to 4 June 2003), won a landslide victory
in the December 2002 general elections.

As Kenya turns a new page, prominent politicians, experts, and leading members
of the world's media community will gather in Nairobi to discuss current issues
related to the challenges facing Africa and the world, including a very timely
subject, "Reporting on Regions of Conflict". In this session, panelists will
discuss, amongst other things, recent experiences in Iraq, where news
organisations had in place both journalists "embedded" with U.S. and British
troops and free roaming or "unilateral" reporters who operated under very
different circumstances.

Other sessions will include "Kenya: Hopes and Fears, Vision and Reality",
"Africa's Economic Development - The NEPAD Initiative", "Pluralism and
Democracy - The African Experience", "African Visions of the Information
Society", "Reporting on Africa", and "Media Self-Regulation - A Press Freedom
Issue."

The IPI World Congress is the annual conference of the International Press
Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading
journalists, but it is also open - upon special request - to non-IPI members.
The deadline for hotel bookings is 15 May, after which rooms will be subject to
availability. For more information, or to register, please visit the official
Congress Website, www.ipikenya.com, or the IPI Website: www.freemedia.at

Or contact Christiane Klint, IPI Assistant Congress Coordinator, at (Tel) +
431-512 90 11 or (E-mail) [email protected]

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