ACM ELECTED TO COUNCIL OF WORLD FREE EXPRESSION BODY.

Nous présentons nos félicitations aux membres du Conseil d'Administration de l'ACM (Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers), pour l'élection de Monsieur Wesley Gibbins, représentant de l'organisation caraïbéenne de journalistes au Conseil d'Administration du Council of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX). ACM fait avancer la représentation des journalistes de la Caraïbe. Cela, même quand en Haïti, on fait du "sur-place" par mesquinerie, chefferie, absence de vision, recherche d'intérêts personnels immédiats et complexes de supériorité. Nous sommes fiers de notre Membership à l'ACM. Dimanche 5 juin 2011 Cyrus Sibert, Réseau Citadelle, Cap-Haïtien, Haïti ____________________ June 1, 2011 - The Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers (ACM) has been elected to the Council of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange(IFEX) and its 5-member Executive Committee. The Trinidad-based organisation was elected during the Biennial General Meeting of IFEX in Beirut, Lebanon on May 31. ACM President, Wesley Gibbings, will serve alongside representatives from 11 national, regional and international organisations from North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. The IFEX Council now comprises the ACM; Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) of the United States, Article 19, UK; Pacific Islands News Association, Fiji; Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CIES) of Russia, Foro de Periodisimo Argentina, the Independent Journalism Center based in Moldova, Media Foundation for West Africa based in Ghana, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) of the Philippines, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) of Nigeria and the Pakistan Press Freedom (PFF). The ACM was represented at the General Meeting by Gibbings and Sheila Velez, ACM Advisor. Prior to the meeting, the ACM served on the Coordinating Committee of the IFEX Latin American and Caribbean Alliance. ACM representatives on the Alliance included Gibbings, Velez and Clive Bacchus. FEX was created in 1992 in Montréal, Canada when a dozen leading free expression organisations came together to create a coordinated mechanism to rapidly expose free expression violations around the world. Today, IFEX numbers more than 80 independent organisations worldwide and is internationally recognised as a highly credible and effective global network. Association of Caribbean MediaWorkers PO Bag 560 Curepe Trinidad and Tobago Phone: (868) 474 5770 www.acmediaworkers.com Wesley Gibbings, President: (868) 680-3452 Peter Richards, First Vice-President: (868)764-5745 Edward Troon, Second Vice-President: (597) 457 997 Thalia Remy, General Secretary: (767) 616-4000 Bert Wilkinson, Asst. General Secretary: (592)664 2006 Julius Gittens: (246) 242-6870 Canute James: (876) 977 0898 ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)