Urgent cry for help from Radio Netherlands World Wide

[Lazaro Vega]

Petition on the future of Radio Netherlands Worldwide

The Dutch government is planning cuts to Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s budget. It is not yet clear exactly what the consequences of these cuts will be for Radio Netherlands Worldwide. What is certain is that the Dutch international Service will lose a substantial amount of its funding.

We distribute independent high-quality programs and independent news via radio and internet in ten languages. We endeavor to reach as many people as possible and to provide them with news and current affairs that they may otherwise not have access to. Much of this is done through you, our partner stations. We are an independent news organization which stands for democracy and free press.

To the political decision-makers in The Hague, you are a very long way away. We believe it is of vital importance that Radio Netherlands Worldwide continues to provide news and current affairs and high-quality programs for you and for your listeners.

That is why we are turning to you now with this urgent request:

If you like to support Radio Netherlands Worldwide to be able to continue its work, if you agree that the rest of the world has the right to an international service like ours, please sign this petition and return it to us by email by June 20, 2011. This will be an enormous help to show the politicians in The Hague that your media organization values the work of RNW.

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Media Partners all over the world support Radio Netherlands Worldwide

Name:

Organization:

Town / City

Country:

And if you please also tell us why you value the work of Radio Netherlands Worldwide:

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NOTE: We are aware that a questionnaire was sent out to all partners earlier this year. So far we have received 132 responses with comments and statements. These responses were intended for internal use at RNW only .

Please indicate whether we can use these statements for our campaign as well? YES / NO

Thank you very much for your valuable cooperation.

We would also like to ask you to sign the petition on our campaign site which is stated in ten different languages: http://www.radionetherlands4u.nl

Please feel free to inform your entire network about our campaign site.

Best regards,

Your colleagues at Radio Netherlands Worldwide.