The ninth congress of the Press Council is being held at the Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre in Baku.
According to the Operative Information Center-OMM, 225 delegates have been confirmed to attend the meeting.
The congress will hear reports from the chair of the Azerbaijan Press Council’s board and the Audit and Inspection Commission, followed by discussion of the reports and the election of a new board. The final ballot prepared by the organizing committee lists 46 candidates who received the most votes at the congress of Azerbaijani journalists.
Fourteen of the 28 journalist candidates and nine of the 18 candidates representing the public will be elected to the board.
Rashad Majid is currently chair of the Press Council’s board.
