ANNEX VIII
AGENDA, TIMETABLE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL MODALITIES OF THE INFORMATION FORUM
I. Agenda
1. Formal opening of the Information Forum. Address by a representative of the host
country.
2. Opening statements by representatives of the participating States; contributions by
UNESCO and by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
3. Discussion of current and possible future problems and issues concerning
-the improvement of the circulation of, access to and exchange of information;
-co-operation in the field of information;
-the improvement of working conditions for journalists.
In dealing with these three main areas of the Final Act, the participants in the Information Forum, drawing on their professional experience, will review the present situation on the basis of the relevant CSCE provisions with the aim of indicating any necessary improvements or possible new developments in those fields. In so doing they will take into account the fields of oral information, printed information and filmed and broadcast information, as well as the aim, as laid down in the Final Act, to facilitate the freer and wider dissemination of information of all kinds, thus contributing to an ever wider knowledge and understanding of life in other participating States. Particular attention will also be paid to the latest achievements in the field of information gathering and transmission, including the prospects offered by new information and communication technology.
4. Closing statements by representatives of the participating States.
5. Formal closure of the Information Forum.
II. Timetable and Other Organizational Modalities
1. The Information Forum will open on Tuesday, 18 April 1989, at 10.30 a.m., in London. It will close on Friday, 12 May 1989.
2. All Plenary meetings will be open.
3. Agenda items 1, 2, 4 and 5 will be dealt with in the Plenary.
4. Agenda item 3 will be dealt with in three Subsidiary Working Bodies, one on Printed Information (SWB A), one on Filmed, Broadcast and Oral Information (SWB B) and one on Communication (SWB C), in a structured and balanced way. Possible themes for discussion in the Subsidiary Working Bodies are set out below. Agenda item 3 will also be dealt with in the Plenary sessions which are not devoted to Agenda items 1, 2, 4 and 5.
5. The timetable of the Forum will be the following:
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-The first three days will be devoted, as required, to opening statements by representatives of those participating States which so desire and to the contributions by UNESCO and by ITU. The opening statements should, as rule, not exceed 20 minutes per delegation and will be held in the following order: Opening statements: the German Democratic Republic, Iceland, Luxembourg, Finland, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Holy See, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, France, Malta, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Denmark, San Marino, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, the United States of America, Yugoslavia, Liechtenstein, the Federal Republic of Germany, Poland, Hungary, Cyprus, Sweden, Monaco