Historical background The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) was founded in Bangkok on December 22, 1961 at the First General Assembly of Asian news agencies on the initiative of UNESCO. Read more > The Istanbul Declaration The General Assembly unaminously accepted the OANA operational charter presented as a document called the Istanbul Declaration.It reads as follows: Read more > OANA Statute ORGANIZATION OF ASIA - PACIFIC NEWS AGENCIES PREAMBLE Read more >