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As the Discussion Moderator In February 1996, Nik Gowing was appointed a main program anchor for the BBC’s 24-hour international television news and information channel, BBC World. From 1996 to March 2000, Gowing was principal anchor for the weekday news program The World Today and its predecessor NewsDesk. He has been a founding presenter of Europe Direct and has been a guest anchor on both HARDtalk and Simpson’s World. He is now a main presenter on the news programs and a regular presenter for Dateline London. Mr. Gowing regularly anchors BBC World live coverage from major international events, including the UN World Sustainability summit in Johannesburg; the German, Dutch, and Russian elections; and the India-Pakistan summit in Agra. He also chairs BBC World Debates, including Nobel Minds in Stockholm and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Before joining the BBC, Gowing was a foreign affairs specialist and presenter at ITN (Independent Television News) for 18 years. From 1989 to 1996, he was diplomatic editor for the nightly news analysis program Channel Four News from ITN in London. His reporting from Bosnia was part of the Channel Four News portfolio, which won the 1996 BAFTA for Best News Coverage. His investigations confirming covert U.S. weapons air drops into Tuzla and the fall of Srebrenica were singled out for praise in the ITC (Independent Television Commission) program review of 1995.
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