AMARC delegation successfully ends the WTO coverage in Hong Kong
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December 19th, 2005 - The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) has ensured a media coverage of the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference which was being held in Hong Kong, China, from the 13-18 December 2005. The delegation was composed of journalists from community radio stations from Bangladesh, Brazil, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States.

This 6th ministerial conference in Hong Kong ended on the 18 of December with a last minute deal that in part, aims at ending all agricultural export subsidies by 2013. The partial agreement was received with disappointment by civil society and the countries from the global South, which were asking to end the subsidies by 2010. For news about the WTO discussions visit our website: http://www.amarc.org/WTO

AMARC journalists also covered global justice activists' demonstrations against the WTO who faced police brutality and mass arrests. The social movements present at the different demonstrations have decried the violence perpetrated by the police. To listen to civil society perspectives, visit AMARC website at http://www.amarc.org/WTO

AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving community radio. Present in more than 110 countries, this association provides a worldwide network for exchange and solidarity, as well as coordinating and promoting the development of community radio.

For more information visit AMARC's Web site at: http://www.amarc.org.