<s>
Press	B-Application
videoconferencing	I-Application
is	O
an	O
international	O
press	O
conference	O
using	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
(	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
teleconference	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
need	O
only	O
appear	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
via	O
video	B-Application
link	I-Application
and	O
ask	O
their	O
questions	O
to	O
the	O
speaker	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
microphone	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
discussion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
concept	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
October	O
2007	O
by	O
WEBOconference	O
,	O
a	O
videoconferencing	B-Application
service	O
provider	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PanAfrican	O
Press	O
Association	O
(	O
APPA	O
)	O
to	O
allow	O
African	O
journalists	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
international	O
press	O
conferences	O
on	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
good	O
governance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
press	O
videoconference	B-Application
service	O
of	O
the	O
African	O
Press	O
Organization	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
United-Nations	O
Secretary	O
General	O
,	O
Jean-Marie	O
GUEHENNO	O
,	O
by	O
General	O
Director	O
for	O
Development	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
,	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
the	O
African	O
Parliament	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
Head	O
of	O
communications	O
of	O
the	O
African	O
Development	O
Bank	O
,	O
the	O
Secretary	O
General	O
of	O
the	O
International	O
Telecommunication	O
Union	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
Special	O
Reporter	O
on	O
contemporary	O
forms	O
of	O
racisms	O
,	O
the	O
African	O
Director	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
(	O
PNUD	O
)	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
speaker	O
for	O
the	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Humanitarian	O
Affairs	O
in	O
Chad	O
,	O
the	O
African	O
Bureau	O
of	O
the	O
International	O
Monetary	O
Fund	O
(	O
IMF	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
the	O
United-Nations	O
Official	O
Representative	O
for	O
children	O
(	O
UNICEF	O
)	O
in	O
Tchad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
African	O
Press	O
Organization	O
’s	O
Secretary-General	O
,	O
Nicolas	O
Pompigne-Mognard	O
,	O
has	O
declared	O
that	O
his	O
non-governmental	O
organization	O
was	O
anticipating	O
a	O
significant	O
increase	O
in	O
demands	O
for	O
international	O
press	O
videoconferences	B-Application
because	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
economics	O
crisis	O
which	O
limits	O
journalists	O
in	O
their	O
ability	O
to	O
find	O
time	O
and	O
resources	O
to	O
travel	O
.	O
</s>
