OANA Conference Kicks Off In Tehran With The Participation Of 45 News Agencies, Including NINA

Tehran / NINA / -The activities of the 18th Conference of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) began this morning in the Iranian capital, Tehran, with the participation of 45 news agencies, including the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA). News agency officials from forty Asian and Pacific countries will discuss over four days the new challenges facing media work in the post-Coronavirus era, ways to keep pace with technological innovations and general plans to advance journalistic work and confront the pace of fake news in a way that enhances the ability to continue giving at a steady pace and go beyond what false information causes the negative aspects of professional work. The National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) has prepared a detailed report on its work paths, achievements at the professional level, and the steps taken to advance this approach, despite its recently established, which did not exceed eighteen years, it made its way with outstanding aptitude until it became comparable in its professional performance to news agencies that are dozens of years older, and it is an achievement that counts for those behind it. In his speech at the opening of the current session of OANA, the Iranian Minister of Culture and Guidance, "Mohammed Mahdi Esmaili" stressed that the media in our world today is a tool of power that will serve to achieve justice and happiness, and it can also turn into a tool that serves injustice. Esmaili expressed his satisfaction for Tehran's hosting of representatives and heads of Asian and Pacific news agencies, hoping that the meeting would open a new chapter in OANA's activity so that this organization would play a more active role in the media field at the regional and global levels. He said: The media can become an element for establishing peace and strengthening solidarity and synergy among the peoples of the world and to be a supporter of truth and friendship, and at the same time it can be an element for spreading hatred, division and lies. For his part, the Director-General of the Iranian IRNA Agency, "Ali Naderi," expressed in a speech his hope to open a new page between the media and regional agencies during IRNA's assumption of the rotating presidency of the Organization of Asia -Pacific News Agencies. Naderi said: We have different views on the establishment of an alliance between Asia and Pacific News Agencies (OANA), and we hope to achieve a specific goal and to open a new chapter in the field of media activities and media exchange between the media after controlling the Coronavirus outbreak and in conjunction with the developments the world is witnessing. He added: It seems that the independent media can, through the establishment of the alliance among them, turn into an independent source to disseminate news and information to the peoples of the world in order to confront the flow of news in one direction. Naderi stressed that our countries need independent media activity to present a true picture of them, contrary to what was presented by many media outlets, noting that Iran has been suffering for many years from the unjust embargo, but the Iranian people have withstood the embargo and are continuing to make progress to bring the country to a desired point. / End