Leading Asia-Pacific news agencies are meeting in this Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator this week to enhance cooperation as content providers to cater for a wide range of clients with high expectations.
The 33rd Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA)Executive Board
Meeting will look into ways of how to improve the news content disseminated
among member countries.
It will also focus on multimedia news exchange management, moving forward
from just news and photo exchanges that had long been the focus of the 42-member
organisation.
Mongolian Prime Minister S. Batbold is scheduled to address the meeting on
Tuesday after opening remarks by new OANA President Hilmi Bengi, elected at the
OANA General Assembly in Istanbul, last November.
T. Baasansuren, president of host Mongolian news agency Montsame, in a joint
invitation with Bengi, said they were confident that the Ulan Bator meeting
would foster relations and interaction among member agencies.
The upcoming meeting was special because it coincided with the 50th
anniversary of OANA and the 90th anniversary of Montsame, they said.
The 11-member board comprises Anadolu of Turkey, as president, four
vice-presidents, namely Bernama (Malaysia), Antara (Indonesia), Itar-TASS
(Russia) and IRNA (Iran).
The remaining members are Yonhap (South Korea), Press Trust of India (PTI),
Azertaj (Azerbaijan), Australian Associated Press (AAP), Xinhua (China) and
Montsame (Mongolia).
Bernama is represented by General Manager Datuk Hasnul Hassan who had
proposed a video clip exchange as a way forward for member agencies to enhance
multimedia cooperation.
Bernama has conducted a trial run for the video exchange or clearing house
with four member agencies, including Montsame, in recent months.
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