Inter Press Service has been covering the issues of political, economic and social development as part of its core business as an independent news agency since its foundation. The position of UN agencies and other international organizations and bodies, their relationship to governments, civil society and the role of communication are issues that have shaped the way that IPS carries out its own mission.
The conference newspaper TerraViva was launched at the United Nations’ first world summit devoted to “Environment and Development”, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The Earth Summit, in 1992. Since then, IPS has produced TerraViva as an independent and professional journalistic record of every major UN summit and many international conferences, including those of civil society.
The IPS conference newspaper TerraViva has historically played a role in making the connections on the spot, and helping conference delegates and participants and the wider readership to see the bigger picture. The virtual edition of recent years has become a resource also for those not physically present. Some of the IPS TerraViva conference papers in recent years include:
- IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, 2008 (50 million pageviews on Terraviva website)
- High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Accra, Ghana, 2008
- Civicus 8th World Assembly Glasgow, 2008
- World Social Forum Kenya, January 2008
- Asia Pacific Water Summit-Beppu, Japan, December 3-4, 2007
- 8TH International congress on AIDS, Colombo 2007
- Civicus 7th World Assembly Glasgow 2007
- World Social Forum Nairobi, Kenya 2007
- CIVICUS World Assembly Scotland, June 2006
- ILO Theme Seminars on the Informal Economy, Bangkok, May 2006
- World Social Forum Karachi, March 2006
- World Social Forum Bamako, January 2006
The archive of past TerraViva newspapers can be found at www.ipsterraviva.net.
