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A Clear and Continuing Mission
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's mission today remains what it has been for nearly half a century: promoting democratic values and institutions by disseminating factual information and ideas. (http://www.rferl.org/specials/50years/)
From Central Asia to the Pacific, from the Baltic to the Black Sea, from Russia to Central Asia to the Persian Gulf, countries are struggling to overcome autocratic institutions, violations of human rights, ethnic and religious hostilities, and severely controlled media. RFE/RL exists to help the peoples of this enormous region overcome these problems by promoting the values of democracy and free-market economics in ways that also promote the stability essential to global peace.
Based on the conviction that the first requirement of democracy is a well-informed citizenry and building on a half century of surrogate broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has five goals:
First, to provide objective news, analysis, and discussion of domestic and regional issues crucial to successful democratic and free-market transformations.
Second, to help to strengthen civil societies by projecting democratic values.
Third, to strive to combat ethnic and religious intolerance by promoting mutual understanding among all groups.
Fourth, to establish a model for local media, assist in training to enhance media professionalism and independence and, when possible, develops partnerships with local media outlets.
Fifth,to seek to foster closer ties between the countries of this region and the world's established democracies.
Each of its 18 services apply these principles according to local circumstances. In some RFE/RL broadcast countries, the station has an extremely good working relationship with local authorities and journalists. But in other cases, the station must deal with official antipathy and enforced isolation from local journalists. These differences are reflected in the programming of specific services.
But amidst all this diversity, there remains the fundamental mission of RFE/RL: helping people create the conditions of freedom in which they can make decisions for themselves and for their countries.
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