Mizzima awarded global JTI certificate for reliable news on Myanmar

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Mizzima Mizzima, one of Myanmar ’s most prominent news outlets and a press freedom advocate, obtained the Journalism Trust Initiative ( JTI ) certification from global audit firm Bureau Veritas , JTI says in a press statement 5 January.  Operating in clandestine mode within Myanmar and supported by an exiled team, Mizzima strives to fulfil its role as reliable source of news and information for the Myanmar public. “Your Journalism Trust Initiative certification affirms what audiences already know: that principled, transparent journalism matters. Congratulations on this achievement and on your continued contribution to informing citizens about Myanmar,” says Benjamin Sabbah , director of Journalism Trust Initiative “Myanmar’s ongoing conflict has created an intensely contested media landscape, where mis- and disinformation are increasingly deployed to reinforce state propaganda and the prevailing “official” narrative. Although Mizzima is already regarded as one of the most trusted ...
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Human, natural events threaten region on World Humanitarian Day: Asean

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Tuesday, 21 August 2012 14:36 Mizzima News

The Southeast Asian region must stand together on World Humanitarian Day to face the innumerable challenges that threaten humankind, Asean noted on Monday.

Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, general-secretary of Asean Photo: Facebook

Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said the humanitarian community face daunting challenges and complex human tragedies each year.

Both human and natural disasters threaten the well-being and lives of millions of people, he said.

“Human suffering steadily increases as typhoons, earthquakes, and other environmental hazards destroy entire communities and claim lives. Whole populations continue to be displaced and threatened as a result of human conflicts,” Surin said in a statement.

Citing a recent example, he said that the Philippines had just been drenched by relentless rains from the monsoon, flooding entire cities and towns in Central Luzon and Metro Manila a few weeks ago.

Besides natural disasters, the region suffers from the ravages of human conflict, resulting in thousands of displacements across the region, he added.

“In the face of such challenges, Asean believes in the humanitarian imperative. Indeed we should all embrace the spirit of helping, not only as a matter of policy but also as normal practice and our guiding ethos,” he said in the statement released this weekend.

The spirit of helping is also inspired in the Asean Charter spirit that suggests “one caring and sharing community,” he said, promoting a "people-oriented Asean" and "upholding international humanitarian law.”

“We have also been proactive in fostering regional cooperation and building capacity to deal with various kinds of natural and human-induced disasters. In December 2009, the Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) entered into force. We went two steps further: first by producing a Work Program in 2010 as a set of actionable steps for the realization of the regional treaty, and second by establishing the Asean Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) in 2011 as the operational engine of AADMER,” he said.

Asean’s capacity for humanitarian response was tested at the height of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma in May 2008, causing140,000 deaths.

In 2009, the Asean Leaders assigned Surin as the  humanitarian assistance coordinator for both natural disasters and pandemics, reaffirming Asean’s priority in humanitarian efforts in the region.

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