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Activity Details (ID# 11886)

Title: 1st meeting of the Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services(CDMC) 
Description: 1. Opening of the meeting

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Decisions of the Committee of Ministers of interest to the work of the CDMC

4. Future work of the CDMC (2005 to 2008)

a. Feedback from non-governmental organisations on the 7th European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy (Kyiv, 10 and 11 March 2005)

b. Texts adopted at the 7th European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy (Kyiv, 10 and 11 March 2005)

c. Texts adopted at the Third Summit of Council of Europe Heads of State and Government (Warsaw, 16 and 17 May 2005)

d. Terms of reference of the CDMC

5. Working methods of the CDMC

6. Draft Recommendation on the right of the public to information on major events where exclusive rights have been acquired

7. Examination of the alignment of the laws on defamation with the relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, including the issue of decriminalisation of defamation

8. European Convention on Transfrontier Television

9. European Convention on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access

10. Exchange of views on copyright in the context of the work of the CDMC

11. Draft Recommendation on ways of improving the relationships between health authorities and the media

12. Work of the CDMC’s subordinate bodies

a. Group of Specialists on freedom of expression and information in times of crisis (MM-S-IC)

b. Group of Specialists on human rights in the Information Society (MM-S-IS)

(i) work of the MM-S-IS

(ii) request for observer status by the non-governmental organisation European Digital Rights (EDRI)

c. Group of Specialists on media diversity (MM-S-MD)

d. Group of Specialists on public service broadcasting in the Information Society (MM-S-PSB)

13. Information on the work of other Council of Europe bodies of interest to the work of the CDMC

a. Multidisciplinary ad hoc Committee of Experts on the Information Society (CAHSI)

14. Other information of interest to the work of the CDMC

a. Report on the Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union

b. Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

15. Dates of forthcoming meetings

16. Items to be included on the agenda of the 2nd meeting of the CDMC

17. Other business

18. Meeting report and list of decisions 
Status: Completed 
Date: 21/06/2005 - 24/06/2005 
Countries: All Council of Europe member states, Belarus, Canada, European Commission, Holy See, Japan, Mexico, OSCE, United States of America
Contributors:  
Programme: CoE Programmes (PoA and VC) 
Working Method: Organisation of meetings - Steering Committees / Supervisory Bodies 
Location: Strasbourg, Council of Europe
CoE Contact: MALINOWSKI, Jan email
Partners:  
Web Pages: 1 http://www.coe.int/media  
Last Modified: 12/01/2006 
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