Transcripts from the Alistair Berkley Memorial Seminar
Media, the Law and Peacebuilding: from Bosnia and Kosova to Iraq

Friday, May 21, 2004. 9:30 AM, Old Theatre, London School of Economics

Welcoming Remarks: Tim Allen (DESTIN, LSE)

Nik Gowing: He was the main presenter on The World Today, and its predecessor NewsDesk, from 1996 to 2000.

Simon Haselock: Director of the Media Development Team of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. The CPA has been recognised by the United Nations Security Council as the temporary Authority in Iraq comprising “the occupying powers under unified command” and the Council has called on it to fulfil the responsibilities of occupying powers under international law.

Discussants:
James Putzel, Director, Crisis States Research Centre
Monroe Price, Director, Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research
Jonathan Steele, reported for The Guardian from Baghdad
Mark Thompson, author of Forging War
Alan Thompson, Carleton University
Baqer Moin, BBC, with experience in media in Afghanistan


Questions (Round 1)

Questions (Round 2)


Statement by the Lockerbie Families Group
Statement by LSE Stop the War Coalition