– having regard to the reports by NGOs on the media such as those by Reporters Without Borders (Press Freedom Indexes), Freedom House (Freedom of the Press reports), and the International Press Institute (Death Watch and Annual IPI World Press Freedom Review),

The example of the agreement between the three main French mobile telephony operators (including the historic operator, France Telecom, and its subsidiary, Orange), a secret agreement which was only revealed by the press in 2005, shows that it is not necessarily wise to entrust this kind of supervision to national authorities.

– having regard to the report by 'Journalists without Borders' dated 30 April 2002 on attacks against freedom of the press in Belarus,

The Commission had granted the United Kingdom a deferment of three months (i.e. until 1 April 2000) to allow arrangements to be put in place pending the introduction of switch-based carrier pre-selection and to avoid imposing an excessive burden on British Telecom (BT) and other operators.

The group was led by Lawrence MacAulay, Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs, and included members of each of the six men's families, veterans who had served in Burma with the young men, representatives of the 435-436 & Burma Squadrons Association, the Royal Canadian Legion, the president of the Army Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, the Deputy Minister for Veterans Affairs and various members of his department, three Members of Parliament - John Loney, Stéphan Tremblay and Jack Frazer - Senator Forrestall and myself, as well as a large armed forces contingent, a National Film Board crew and some members of the press and service magazin ...[+++]es - an impressive turnout.

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