PIP: In October 1993, about 30 journalists from Chad participated in a seminar on population and development. The new division of population in the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation organized the seminar. The seminar aimed to inform the journalists of the objectives, strategies, and actions of the Declaration of Population Policy. It also intended to sensitize the journalists to the population problems facing Chad and to mobilize them in population sensitization operations. The seminar hoped to lead the journalists to regularly dedicate articles, reports, reporting, and investigations to population problems in relation to the process of socioeconomic development. Audiovisual presentations at the seminar included a slide show on the interrelationships of population and development in Chad, a presentation of the Declaration of Population Policy, and a report on journalism and population problems in reference to the Sahelian experience. These presentations allowed the journalists to engage in a strong enriching debate in which the basic principles of relations between population and development were discussed. Population problems are, to a great extent, the consequence of choices, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals, couples, and families. They participate in the culture and in civilization. The repercussions of these choices often constitute a restraint in terms of education, health for all, and adequate employment. After the seminar, the journalists seemed to have understood that their mission will be to convince populations to adopt behaviors and attitudes compatible with sustainable development objectives. Journalists from Chad hope that such seminars, especially workshops, will expand in order to allow them to better understand the demographic elements necessary to their work.