TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The 43rd Executive Board Meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) officially kicked off in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday.
The OANA meeting called for the adoption of new approaches to keep up with the pace of science and technology in the field of news dissemination.
"We live in an era when the media need to re-define and re-evaluate themselves in order not to lag behind science and technology," Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi said in his address to the meeting.
"Therefore, re-organizing the mechanisms according to the new atmosphere of the communication world and social networks is an inevitable necessity," Salehi noted.
Founded in 1961 on the UNESCO's initiative, OANA aims to facilitate information dissemination in the region, with 44 members from 35 countries in Asia and Oceania.
