台灣記者獲准採訪聯合國永續發展世界高峰會(UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, WSSD)始末
[ 以下為自由時報,英文台北時報(Taipei Times),日本讀賣新聞之相關報導 ]
︻特派記者鍾麗華,南非約翰尼斯堡二十四日報導︼
聯合國永續發展高峰會(WSSD)即將在二十六日召開,共有一百多國的媒體記者齊聚約翰尼斯堡,報導這十年來最盛大的地球高峰會,但台灣媒體卻被排擠在外,在申請媒體通行證時遭到拒絕,並以﹁不承認台灣﹂回絕,引來日本讀賣新聞與其他國際媒體的聲援。
為了關注地球的永續發展,本報團派出二名記者採訪,加上民生報與公共電視台,出席此次地球高峰會的台灣媒體共六人,中國時報由一名政大國關中心教授擔任特約撰述,聯合報並未派員採訪。
而行前,行政院新聞局通知各媒體必須至聯合國媒體中心的網站註冊,記者上網註冊時,在國籍選項中點選﹁Taiwan﹂。不過,今天本報團記者抵達約堡後,立刻前往聯合國媒體中心註冊,卻受到歧視性待遇。
聯合國媒體中心人員知道本報團記者是從台灣來的媒體,就把派遣信函與申請單拿到辦公室審核,記者一再詢問原因,辦事人員僅表示需要等﹁上面﹂的意見,並說﹁不願意介入這樣麻煩的事﹂。
結果記者枯坐超過二個小時,眼看蒙古、非洲國家的記者都一一拿到通行證,當記者再度詢問結果時,得到的回答是:﹁我們不承認你們的國家﹂。經記者一再的爭取,最後得到的回應是,﹁只要是台灣,就不可以通過申請﹂。
本報團記者向聯合國媒體中心表達抗議,結果遭致漠視。本報團英文台北時報記者邱育慈運用其國際媒體的管道,將此消息透露給法國、日本媒體友人瞭解,希望透過國際媒體,將台灣遭到不公平待遇的情況,報導讓全球知道。
日本讀賣新聞相當為台灣打抱不平,立刻打電話到紐約聯合國總部,查證相關消息,沒想到聯合國的回應是約堡媒體中心的電腦壞了,無法立即正式答覆,而讀賣新聞也訪問我國官員與媒體記者,計畫大篇幅報導,為台灣伸張正義。
讀賣新聞記者並批評聯合國屈服於中國的壓力,此舉﹁實在很可笑,因為全球永續發展與政治無關,聯合國應該廣納媒體報導,而討論環境議題時,不應將台灣排除在外﹂。
事實上,在地球高峰會召開前,英文台北時報的多篇報導,與路透社、BBC、讀賣新聞等國際媒體一同被收錄在永續發展高峰會的重要訊息(WSSD Info News)中,以提供給包括美國、荷蘭、瑞士等國的與會人士參考,邱育慈說,既然大會收錄台北時報的新聞,卻又不願發給通行證,實在令人疑惑。
[本報團記者,以台灣名義進場]
(自由時報,八月二十六日,第十頁)
︻特派記者鍾麗華,南非約翰尼斯堡二十五日報導︼
經過本報團記者的積極爭取,聯合國永續發展高峰會(WSSD)終於在國際媒體的壓力下,在今日上午發給記者正式領袖會議的通行證,並在記者證上註有TAIWAN,而本報團也是台灣媒體唯一能進入正式會場採訪的記者,這也台灣退出聯合國以來,突破封鎖,首次以台灣名義進入聯合國採訪的媒體。
事實上,在WSSD召開前,中國即開始著手打壓台灣,企業永續發展協會秘書長黃正忠在平行會議中的演講被迫取消,環保團體也被要求停止募款。近日台灣媒體團抵達南非,陸續至聯合國設在約堡的媒體中心報到手續,沒想到卻遭到中國的壓力,聯合國媒體中心拒絕發給台灣媒體記者採訪通行證。
不過,經過本報團英文台北時報記者邱育慈透過國際媒體管道,將消息透露給日本讀賣新聞科學部資深環境記者石黑穰瞭解,並獲得協助,石黑穰打電話給WSSD發言人蘇珊馬肯(Susan Markham)要求說明:﹁為什麼台灣媒體無法進入採訪?﹂面對讀賣記者的詢問,蘇珊馬肯聲音顯得尷尬,經過石黑穰一再追問,才承認聯合國對台灣充滿﹁成見﹂。
不過,石黑穰告訴蘇珊馬肯,在談永續議題與氣候變遷等議題時,應該廣納各種媒體報導,不應該排斥任何國家,當然包括台灣,而石黑穰一再表達無法理解聯合國的作為,蘇珊馬肯才表示願意調查瞭解。
而今天上午,本報團記者第三度前往聯合國媒體中心辦理報到手續,承辦人員把總編輯派遣信函與申請單拿進辦公室審核,一名疑似中國的男子進入辦公室,大約過了二十幾分鐘後,承辦人員才告訴記者,本報團兩名記者的通行許可已經獲准,並願意受理辦理報到手續。
本報團是台灣唯一拿到採訪證的媒體記者,其他台灣媒體僅能獲得非政府組織(NGO)的採訪證,並不能進入正式會場採訪。
邱育慈高興地說,這表示只要透過努力,還是有辦法讓台灣的聲音傳出去,被國際社會聽見,也唯有如此,才能讓不瞭解台灣的人排除﹁成見﹂,以公平開放的態度對待地球村的一員--台灣。
[本報團成功突圍,聯合國開大門]
(自由時報,八月二十八日,第三頁)
︻特派記者鍾麗華,南非約翰尼斯堡二十六日報導︼
經過本報團突破重圍,拿到台灣媒體的第一張聯合國永續發展世界高峰會的記者採訪證,使得聯合國的態度有所轉變,決定不再刁難台灣媒體,因此聯合報系與中國時報記者等人,也在今天申請到媒體採訪證。
為了關注地球的永續發展,本報團派出二名記者採訪,加上聯合報系與公共電視台,出席此次地球高峰會的台灣媒體共六人,中國時報由一名政大國關中心研究員嚴震生擔任特約撰述,而聯合報系則由民生報派出一名記者並供稿給聯合報與民生報共同使用。
不過,由於第一批二十三日抵達約堡的四位台灣記者,在聯合國媒體中心拒絕發給採訪證後,就屈服於中國的壓力,放棄申請,甚至為了進入主會場,轉而登記為非政府組織(NGO)身份,並且在回答日本讀賣新聞記者石黑穰的詢問時,信誓旦旦說,早就知道台灣媒體根本不可能申請到聯合國的記者證,早在台灣就準備好NGO的身份證件。
但本報團記者二十四日到達約堡後,申請記者證受挫,透露給國際媒體報導,並向聯合國施壓,在積極爭取與奔走下,聯合國終於在第二天發給本報團記者採訪證,並且態度有所轉變,願意接受台灣其他媒體的申請,而聯合報系記者與中國時報特約撰述等人終於也在今天順利獲得聯合國的媒體採訪證。
積極協助台灣媒體的石黑穰,已將本報團記者申請媒體證受挫的新聞,在今天(二十六日)出刊的讀賣新聞做了詳盡報導,石黑穰說,他相信經過本報團努力爭取,以及國際媒體壓力,才讓聯合國改變對台灣的成見,這是一個好的開始。
[Taipei Times, August 26, 2002,第二版]
Journalists score a first for Taiwan
-By Chiu Yu-Tzu, Staff Reporter
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/08/26/story/0000165633]
RECOGNITION: A UN summit awarded a press pass that identified the `Taipei Times' as being from Taiwan, the first time Taiwan has not been labeled as a part of China
By Chiu Yu-Tzu
STAFF REPORTER, IN JOHANNESBURG
Two Taiwanese journalists yesterday received official media accreditation for the UN's World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) which did not identify them as being from China.
It was the first time Taiwanese journalists have received official press passes from the UN which did not identify Taiwan as being part of China.
The press pass issued yesterday to Taipei Times reporter Chiu Yu-tzu (邱育慈), identified the newspaper as being from Taiwan.
On the press pass issued to Chung Lee-hua (鍾麗華), a reporter from the Taipei Times' sister newspaper, the Chinese-language Liberty Times, nothing had been written after the name of the news agency.
The press passes were issued after pressure from the international media, including from the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun.
Thousands of journalist from more than 100 countries have been arriving in Johannesburg to cover the summit, which starts today, and its side events, such as the Civil Society Global Forum.
More than 60,000 participants, including heads of state, lawmakers, leaders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and business leaders will participate in the summit, which runs through Sept. 4.
Members of the Taiwanese media, however, had been excluded by the WSSD Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit, which declined to say why.
On Saturday, the unit asked journalists from the Taipei Times and the Liberty Times to wait for a UN official who was said to be in charge of the unit to review their applications.
After waiting for two hours, the two journalists left and returned some time later, when they were told their applications had been turned down because the official in charge of the unit did not recognize the country they were from.
The day before, four other applications filed by print and broadcast reporters from Taiwan were also rejected by the media accreditation unit.
The four eventually received WSSD passes as representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rather than for the media after changing the status registered on their applications.
After hearing that the unit had rejected the applications by Taiwanese journalists, Yutaka Ishiguro (石黑穰), staff writer of Yomiuri Shimbun's science news department, began inquiring about the reasons for the rejections.
"It's ironic," Ishiguro told the Taipei Times on Saturday, after hearing no response from the UN officials. "The UN should not treat the media covering global sustainable development politically."
Ishiguro said yesterday that Susan Markham, a spokeswoman for the WSSD, had promised to investigate after admitting that the UN had a stereotype of Taiwan, which is not a member of the UN.
"If the UN wants to discuss climate change, sustainable development and other global issues sincerely, it should not exclude any country," Ishiguro said yesterday after the two newspaper reporters were given official accreditation.
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Taipei Times reporter Chiu Yu-tzu holds up press passes belonging to her and Liberty Times reporter Chung Lee-hua, yesterday.
PHOTO: CHUNG LEE-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
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另可參見日本讀賣新聞,2002年(平成14年)8月26日,十四版。標題:「台灣記者的取材一時拒否」,記者石黑穰,八月二十五日約翰尼斯堡報導。