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NAM News Network
Abbreviation NNN
Predecessor Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool
Formation November 2005 ; 18 years ago  ( 2005-11 )
Purpose News agency
Headquarters Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia (Secretariat)
Parent organisation
Non-Aligned Movement
Website www .namnewsnetwork .org

The NAM News Network ( NNN ) is a news agency established by countries of the Non-Aligned Movement to disseminate news which are not prejudicial to the third-world countries . It is run by Bernama , the national news agency of Malaysia [1] and funded by the Malaysian government. [2]

Organisation and operations [ edit ]

The formation of the agency was requested by Malaysia and the decision was made during the Sixth Conference of Ministers of Information of Non-Aligned Countries (COMINAC VI) hosted in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia in November 2005. [3] It planned to start in 2007. [1] The agency was created after the earlier network, Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP), fell into disuse in the mid-1990s. [4]

NAM News Network's stated mission is to promote information and news from a developing country perspective [4] and to be "a valuable alternative for the Western news dominance", essentially revitalizing Non-Aligned Movement's original intention with NANAP but now equipped with the technology of Internet . [5] It was also set up as a working platform and central hub for accredited news organizations within NAM countries to publish and reuse content. [4]

According to the agency's website, "the NNN sees itself as an alternative source of information rather than being in competition with other major news services. Essentially it would serve as a conduit for NAM member countries to tell their story and use it as a yet another tool of communication for them." [6]

Secretariat [ edit ]

The agency's secretariat is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The national news agency Bernama serves as NNN's coordinating body. [4]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "NAM agency to counter Western media" . Today (Afternoon Edition) . 22 November 2005 . Retrieved 15 April 2024 .
  2. ^ "KL to fund non-aligned news network" . The Straits Times . 11 November 2005 . Retrieved 15 April 2024 .
  3. ^ "Non-Aligned Movement-Seychelles welcomes revamped news agency" . Seychelles Nation . Seychelles . 6 January 2006 . Retrieved 19 March 2023 .
  4. ^ a b c d Crain, Matthew (2011). "Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool". In Downing, John D. H. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media . SAGE Publications . p. 369. ISBN   9780761926887 . OCLC   1201860882 .
  5. ^ Joye, Stijn (2006). "IPS, Activism and the Internet". Raising awareness, challenging establishment. The surplus value of a global and local alternative news agency . Academia Press . p. 25. ISBN   9789038210513 .
  6. ^ "About NAM NEWS NETWORK" . NAM News Network . Archived from the original on 1 June 2023 . Retrieved 15 April 2024 .

External links [ edit ]

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