Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Ethnic Media and Press. I am forwarding to you this press release from UNESCO and I am asking you to participate in the collection of statistics.

Thank you all,
Thomas S. Saras
President,
National Ethnic Press and 
Media Council of Canada

From UNESCO....

From: UIS Culture Communication Survey 
To: saras@nepmcc.ca 
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject:     2005 Questionnaire on Newspaper Statistics 
 
Dear Mr. Saras, In reference to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 2005 Questionnaire on Newspaper Statistics, which was sent to you in December 2005 (UIS-05/CSCL/CC/0005), I kindly remind you that the deadline for submitting the questionnaire is 31 March 2006. 
 
An electronic version of the questionnaire may be downloaded from the UIS website in the Current Surveys section, under the Culture and Communication heading. Guidance for Completion of the Electronic Questionnaire on Newspaper Statistics is also available on the UIS website. http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?ID=5831_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
 
Should you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Culture and Communication Statistics team. The contact details are: ccsurvey@uis.unesco.org or (telephone): + 1 (514) 343 - 6880 or (fax): + 1 (514) 343 - 6872.

We would like to stress the importance of submitting the questionnaire by 31 March 2006 so that the data can be published in time along with other countries. The data will be included in the next UIS data release, posted on our website and incorporated in standard international publications. The latter may inform policies on culture, communication and the “information society”.

We count on your continued support for the work of the Institute, and look forward to receiving your country data shortly. 
  
With my gratitude for your assistance,

Simon Ellis 
Chief of Section, Culture 
and Communication

sent by: 

Thomas S. Saras
President,
National Ethnic Press and 
Media Council of Canada
saras@patrides.com