(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TUNIS, June 14 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) board member Dehiran Aba Al-Khail has won a seat in International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Executive Committee elections.
The Kuwaiti journalists garnered 225 votes in the process held on the sidelines of the 30th IFJ Congress held in Tunis.
Speaking to KUNA, KJA Treasurer and Kuwaiti Delegation Head Jassem Kamal said Abu Al-Khail's win of 225 out of a total 260 votes was deemed an accomplishment for Kuwait and its journalism.
"It also reflects Kuwait's world reputation as a regional beacon of the freedom of expression and responsibility," he said.
But, he said, this achievement requires more efforts by Kuwaiti journalists to maintain their key media role in the region and the world.
On his part, Abu Al-Khail boasted about his win of an IFJ seat as a recognition of the historic role of the KJA and journalism at Gulf, Arab and international levels.
This success has been notched up thanks to Kuwait's good reputation and close relations with other countries, chiefly Arab ones, along with Arab integration within the IFJ.
Held in Tunis for the first time the Middle East and Africa, the 30th IFJ Congress concluded here on Friday, with the attendance of 300 union leaders representing 600,000 journalists.
The IFJ, the world's largest organization of journalists, represents 600,000 media professionals from 187 trade unions and associations in more than 140 countries.
Established in 1926, the IFJ is the organization that speaks for journalists within the United Nations system and within the international trade union movement.
First established as the Fأ©dأ©ration Internationale des Journalistes (FIJ) in 1926 in Paris, it was relaunched as the International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) in 1946, but lost its Western members to the Cold War and re-emerged in its present form in 1952 in Brussels. (end)
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