UNESCO sponsors debate about Libyan media and its role in reconciliation in Madrid.

Tripoli, 28.07.2015(Lana) Owners and directors of Libyan media outlets and organizations are to discuss in Madrid the current status of the Libyan media and ways to enhance professional level of Libyan media men and offer positive contribution to end current conflict in Libya. The participants from 13 media organizations are to discuss in a form of a UNESCO sponsored training course, role and responsibility of the media during crisis times in their efforts towards freedom of the media and shunning away from hatred discourse. Among issues to be discussed by TV channels, press and internet hatred discourse and ways to promote the media at this time. UNSMIL website quoted Director of UNESCO office in Libya as asserting that UNESCO programmes aim at supporting Libyan media in identifying the best ways to practice professional standards in various media outlets. Promoting the professional and moral standards should be viewed as a priority by directors and owners of the media outlets, he added. General Director of Maghreb and North Africa at Spanish Foreign Ministry underlined the importance of the media and their role in the ongoing reconciliation processes. =Lana=