Kathmandu, July 17: Former chairman of the Press Council Nepal, Kishor Shrestha has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the World Press Council.
He has been elected as the Vice Chairman from the Council’s summit held in Tanzania. He is also the immediate past General Secretary of the World Press Council.
A new leadership has been unanimously selected for the Council for the next three years. However, the newly elected Vice Chair Shrestha said that the entire election process has been completed.
Sudhir Kumar Panda, a representative of the Press Council of India, brought the proposal supporting Shrestha to the post while Lofty Dubey from Zimbabwe, Dr Tin Tun O from Myanmar, Ibrahim Arsalan from Kosovo, and Kazubi Mukajanga from Tanzania seconded the proposal.
David Omoyo of Kenya has been elected as the Chair of the Council and Ali Hanserli from Cyprus as another Vice Chair. Similarly, Ernest Samson from Tanzania takes over as Secretary General while Tamer Atabarut from Turkey has been elected the Treasurer.
Likewise, CK Nayak from India and Jiada Kilobo from Tanzania have been elected as the International Liaison Coordinators.
The world conference of the council happening in Arusha, Tanzania will conclude on Friday. The conference has the participation of representatives from 27 nations including Nepal.
