the late Sean MacBride

The MacBride Round Table is a communications rights advocacy group created in 1989 to stimulate discussion of issues embodied in the 1980 UNESCO MacBride Report. This report was critical of imbalances in world information flows. Sean MacBride headed the UNESCO commission in charge of the report (Note: In Ireland, spelling for MacBride is often found as "McBride" .

The Round Table has become an international communication rights advocate with an agenda to accommodate scholars, activists, journalists and other communication experts devoted to the monitoring of world communication, legal ramifications, and information imbalances; and then disseminating its findings to community groups, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations and the news media.

Nine Round Tables have been held to date. Following the initial Harare meeting in 1989, there was Prague (1990), Istanbul (1991), São Paulo (1992), Dublin (1993), Honolulu (1994) , Tunis (1995) Seoul (1996), and Boulder (1997). The Tenth Round Table has been tentatively scheduled for 23-25 November 1998 at the Amra Forum Hotel in Amman, Jordan.

For further information, contact Richard C. Vincent or Sean Ó Siochru.

MacBride Round Table Resource Directory

• Conclusions and Recommendations from long-unavailable 1980 MacBride Report, Many Voices, One World. (in two parts). Part I: MacBride Report Conclusions and Recommendations I

• Conclusions and Recommendations, 1980 MacBride Report, Many Voices, One World. Part II: MacBride Report Recommendations II-VII

• CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION IN 10th MacBRIDE ROUND TABLE. 23-26 November 1998 meeting, Amman, Jordan.

• Proposed Organizational Framework for Amman meeting, "Conference on Culture and Communication: A Global Information Society, 23-25 November 1998 (Supplement to MacBride Call for Participation listed directly above).

• MacBride Round Table Statements, 1989-1997: (no report produced for 1993 Dublin meeting)

• I. Harare, 1989 Harare Statement

• II. Prague, 1990 Prague Statement

• III. Istanbul, 1991 Istanbul Statement

• IV. São Paulo, 1992 São Paulo Statement

• VI. Honolulu, 1994 Honolulu Statement

• VII. Tunis, 1995 Tunis Statement

• VIII. Seoul, 1996 Seoul Statement

• IX. Boulder, 1997 Boulder Statement

• Unesco Declaration of Fundamental Principles for the Mass Media, 1978.
Mass Media Declaration

Other Resources on Sean MacBride

• The MacBride Principles Set of nine equal-opportunity guidelines for firms operating in Northern Ireland. Modeled after the Sullivan Principles for South Africa. First proposed November, 1984 by Sean MacBride, John Robb, Inez McCormack and Rev. Brian Brady. MacBride Principles
• MacBride monographs and pamphlets housed in Irish Collection archive at Iona College Library, New York State. MacBride collection
• from An Phoblacht. Article on Sean MacBride's role in organizing the Clann na Poblachta republican party in Ireland. 4 July 1996. newspaper article
• IRA History. With mention of Sean MacBride's role. SEE: IRA 1 OR IRA 2
• Amnesty International. Sean MacBride was chair of Amnesty International in Ireland. Today's Irish headquarters building in Dublin is named after him. Amnesty International
• Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. Listing of Nobel recipients. MacBride, 1974. Nobel Peace Prize
• Sean MacBride c.v. provided by Nobel Foundation. MacBride CV

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