International Press Association
The International Press Association is an international media organization organized by media organizations in liberal nations. The International Press Association was founded on May 5, 1952, in Brussels, Belgium, by a group of media from 14 countries. As of 2001, 450,000 people were enrolled in 143 organizations in 104 countries around the world. In February 1926, a media organization of the same name was created in Paris, but its function was lost after World War II. During World War II, reporters from Allied and liberal nations worked in London under the name of the United Nations Press Union. When the war ended in 1946, journalists from 26 countries formed an international journalist organization in Copenhagen. However, when the organization was used by the communist countries as a tool of the Cold War, free states such as the United States and Britain withdrew and were newly formed in 1952. Its main objective is to defend freedom of speech and the interests of journalists, to secure professional ethics, and to be an international organization composed of pure line reporters.