Speaking on behalf of the Senegalese Minister of Communication, Cabinet Director Souleyeman SY, spoke about the importance of the press as the fourth estate of the realm noting that the press plays and continues to play a crucial role in development.

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Kofi Annan was speaking at the a meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force in New York on 30 September.

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By the way, The study done by Mehrabian in 1979 on communication channels indicates that in face-to-face conversation, 55% of meaning is communicated via NVC, 7% via the verbal language (words) and 38% via the paralinguistics (Tone, timbre, speed of speaking, etc) and ALL THREE areas have to be taken into consideration when assessing communication.

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