The European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) invited the International Communications Forum to take part in a Debate on the Ethical Responsibility of the Media held today in Brussels at the Royal Military Academy.

On July 20-24, the International Communications took part in the Caux Conference for Business and Industry, under the theme, 'Globalization - From Conflict to Opportunity'.

Click here to read the Annual Report from ICF's President, Bernard Marguritte.

"A Global World in Need of Ethics" was the tone-setting address by Milan Kučan, President of Slovenia, to the International Press Institute's World Congress in Ljubljana, meeting from 9 to 12 May, 2002 in this beautiful and well-run country.

ICF's Founder President, William Porter, made a number of media contacts in Melbourne and Sydney in March 2001

Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow host Forums during November 2001.

I am moved and touched personally by the drama and the trauma of my American friends, in New York, Boston, Washington, all over the country and wherever they are in the world. I spent five years of my life in this great country, five of my best years. I have so many close friends there. I love America so much. How could I not feel the deepest sympathy? But there is more. President Kennedy once said: “I am a Berliner!” Today every peace-loving citizen of the world should say: “I am an American!”

How to regain the public’s trust in the media, at a time when only 15 per cent of the public say they trust journalists, was a theme that emerged during the 25th International Communications Forum, held in Denver, Colorado, 17-19 May 2001.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A world congress of journalists, organized by the International Communications Forum in cooperation with the Independent Union of Professional Journalists of Bosnia and Herzegovina, facilitated a four-day meeting from 28 September to 2 October. The theme ‘The Media – A Decisive Force in Building a Free and Just Society’ focussed on case studies from conflict areas, journalism education and training, discussions on media standards, and media lessons from the Balkans.

The English-speaking Commonwealth Caribbean has one of the freest presses in the world.