YEAR PLAN HAD BEEN APPROVED DURING THE 33RD SESSION OF FANA'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ORGANIZE 12 SESSIONS FOR AT LEAST 180 TRAINEES OF MEMBER COUNTRIES. CONFERENCE HOST, KUNA, WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, QATAR NEWS AGENCY (QNA) AND THE SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (SANA) WERE ELECTED AS DEPUTIES, AYAR NOTED. HE SAID MEMBERSHIP OF FANA'S SECRETARIAT GROUPS JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA, MOROCCO AND YEMEN. MEANWHILE, KUNA CHAIRMAN MOHAMMED AJEERI, IN HIS CAPACITY AS FANA PRESIDENT TOLD THE PRESS BRIEFING THAT PRESIDENCY OF THE FEDERATION WAS GOVERNED BY BYLAWS, NOTING THAT FANA MEMBERS' PROPOSALS WOULD BE ACTIVATED TO HELP UPGRADE MEDIA ACTION OF MEMBER COUNTRIES. AJEERI DOWNPLAYED THE COMPETITION SATELLITE STATIONS POSE TO THE NEWS AGENCIES ACTION. ''THERE IS OBVIOUS COMPETITION BETWEEN THE SATELLITE STATIONS AND NEWS AGENCIES, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE WORK OF NEWS AGENCIES WAS NOT OF SIGNIFICANCE. THE NEWS AGENCY PLAYS A COMPLETING ROLE WITH THE SATELLITE STATIONS IN SENDING THE FULL NEWS MATERIAL'', HE SAID.
