Freedom and Responsibility: 2000/2001 yearbook of the Representative on Freedom of the Media

Preface: Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Introduction: Freimut Duve

I. Essays on the Caucasus - Search for Peace: In Defence of the Future

Freimut Duve: Defence of the Future: The Caucasus - Contributions to Peace
Heidi Tagliavini: Mediation: Mid Desire and Despair
Ramzan Aidamirov: Children in Grozny: A Hope for the Future
Fazil Iskander: Humans and Caterpillars
Levon Mkrtchjan: The Friendship Square, Three Fools, and Myself, the Fourth...
Georgi Nijaradze: We are the Georgians
Stanislav Lakoba: The Dreams of the Caucasus

II. Views and Commentaries

Mass Media in Central Asia: Present and Future Central Asian Journalists Speak about Freedom of Media
Corruption and Journalists: Sometimes Discoverers, Sometimes Victims, or Sometimes Silent Contributors
Hans Leyendecker: Media Freedom has a History
Larisa Kislinskaya: Are we Journalists Independent?
Maija Pohodnjeva: Yes, we have a Choice

III. Our Work - What We Think, Why It Matters

Personal Reflections by Staff Members

Beate Maeder-Metcalf: The Mandate - Three Years After
Alexander Ivanko: The Disappearance of Georgiy Gongadze: How the Case of an Obscure Journalist has Rocked Ukraine
Halka Kaiserová: Fragile Power of the Media
Hanna Vuokko: Common Values, Different Histories
Ana Karlsreiter: Courage after the Courage Award - Women Journalists in Bulgaria
Vladimir Kondratsky: "Freedom Parachutist"

IV. Overview - What We Have Done

The Mandate of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media: Reports and Statements to the OSCE Permanent Council and other OSCE Fora

Censorship by Killing:

• Press Statement of 14 February 2001
• Press Freedom Violations in OSCE Member States 1999-2000 (documented by the International Press Institute, Vienna)

Current Media Situation in Georgia: Joint Statements by OSCE, UN and OAS

• Joint Declaration on Current Challenges to Media Freedom
  by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and
  Expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
  and the OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression,
  London, 30 November 2000
• Joint Statement on Racism and the Media by the UN Special
  Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the
  OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the
  OAS Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression,
  London, 27 February 2001

Projects 2000/2001

• Protection of Journalists in Conflict Zones Round Table, Berlin, 6 November 2000
• Mass Media in Central Asia: Present and Future Conference, Dushanbe, 14-15 November 2000
• Corruption and Journalists - Sometimes Discoverers, Sometimes Victims, or Sometimes Silent Contributors Round Table, Prague, 4 December 2000
• Central Asian Media Fund
• mobile.culture.container: Library, School, Theatre Defence of our Future
• Newsletters
  
  Visits and Interventions in 2000/2001

V. Where to Find Those Who Help: the media NGOs in the OSCE Region

The Authors