Revised Guidelines on AIDS and Media

[Guest guest]

Dear Colleagues,

The Press Council of India under the mandate of Section 13(2)( of

the Press Council Act, 1978 has built up a set of guidelines to

facilitate the functioning of the Media. Of these, the guidelines on

coverage of HIV/AIDS related matters was drawn up in the year 1993.

In pursuance of revision of these guidelines, the Council worked with

UNAIDS, media persons and activists in the field to update the

guidelines on HIV/AIDS reporting as the matter has undergone sea

change since 1993. The core group held two workshops on September 18,

2008 and October 10, 2008 to discuss and formulate the draft

guidelines to recommend to the Council.

A large number of professionals were also consulted electronically. The Press

Council has deliberated on the draft guidelines formulated by the core group and

has finalized and approved the new guidelines.

The revised guidelines can be accessed at

http://www.ngogateway.org/ngo/handle/123456789/716

Best regards,

Ranjan

Ranjan Dwivedi

Technical Advisor, UNAIDS

A2/35 Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India-110029

Tel  :+91-11-41354545 Ext 317

Fax :+91-11-41354534

e-mail: dwivedir@...

Web: www.unaids.org.in

www.ngogateway.org

[Guest guest]

Dear Colleagues,

On account of a technical change, the Revised Guidelines on AIDS and

Media are now available at

http://www.ngogateway.org/ngo/handle/123456789/721

Please ignore the link in my previous message. The inconvenience is

regretted.

Regards,

Ranjan

Ranjan Dwivedi

Technical Advisor, UNAIDS

dwivedir@...