IRNA's Recognized Achievements Within Regional News Pools
IRNA has played an active role as a member of the newly established regional news pools mentioned above. Its varied activities in cooperation with these various organizations may be summarized as follows:
- Providing vast coverage for news stories from the Islamic World as well as the Third World and Central Asian countries. IRNA has also expanded its national news dissemination ties with Islamic countries to an unprecedented level, i.e., between any Islamic country and that of other members of the Islamic world.
- Active participation in professional, international news conferences, congresses and seminars, including visits to headquarters of news agencies of various countries and international news agencies by professionaldelegations.
- Signing of bilateral and multilateral contracts for cooperation with news agencies of over 70 countries in the exchange of news, with special emphasis on its neighbors, Islamic countries and the Islamic Republic's political allies.
- Strengthening of the foundations of the NAM Secretariat, as well as acceptance of permanent chairmanship of the NANAP.
- Establishment of the Association of Caspian Sea (littoral states) News Agencies (ACSNA) and hosting its first gathering and initial chairmanship.
- Active cooperation in the establishment and rotative chairmanship of the Economic Cooperation Organization's news agencies (ECONA).
- Acceptance of the chairmanship of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) until the year 2000.
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