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Tuesday 24 Nov 2015 - 11:35 Makkah mean time-12-2-1437
President Filipe Nyusi (Pic from Internet)
Maputo (IINA) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday urged the country’s media to disseminate the culture of non-violence, dialogue and permanent debate, in order to contribute towards maintaining and consolidating effective peace, news agencies reported.
Nyusi made the remarks while opening a national conference on the role of the media in combating violence and promoting peace, organized by the Higher Mass Media Council (CSCS), the watchdog body on press freedom and the right to information established under the Mozambican constitution.
Nyusi stressed that to block the culture of violence it is never enough simply to use the police or other coercive means.
“You have to respond with a culture of non-violence, a culture of dialogue and open and permanent debate”, he said. “This culture must be reproduced day after day in the mass media. We have to speak of peace not just when we are directly threatened. True peace is a culture of listening and constructive dialogue. Each newspaper and each radio or television station should be a classroom where we learn citizenship, where we learn that we belong to the same family”.
Nyusi noted that various forms of violence exist in societies, some more visible, others more hidden and silent. But all should be denounced – including the violence against albino citizens, against women, against widows, against the elderly, or against children. All of these should be a matter of permanent concern to the media.
He urged the media not to stop here, but also to publicize specific cases of exemplary and positive behavior, such as the countless people who set examples of bravery in the struggle against crime and violence.
The media, Nyusi continued, should also speak of examples of solidarity and assistance for the more vulnerable strata of society, and divulge the merits of all those who are building a more peaceful, cooperating nation, based on moral values.
Because effective unity will lead to a climate more favorable to peace, the President promised that, in his own speeches, he will continue to proclaim the need for a united and cohesive nation.
“I shall continue to defend a nation immune to any attempt at division,” said Nyusi, adding: “So that this message becomes part of the life of each Mozambican, it must be converted into specific episodes, into stories of people who have a name and a face.”
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