3. The media cannot operate unless authorization and registration to operate from the Ministry of Information. Art. 5 Foreign Media institutions 1. Media Institutions and International press agencies are permitted freely to have representatives that can permanently and temporarily operate in the country where they will also be free to establish cooperation or coincide shareholding agreements with the local media or press agencies under the strict conditions that they should not violate the state laws or the media ethics. . 2. All foreign media Institutions and any other elements interested in opening media agencies or those interested to close agreements with the existing local Medias should contact the Ministry of Information in order to harmonize their requisitions with the state laws. 3. A foreign journalist should abide by the state laws and should avoid any actions controversial to the media law, Islamic doctrine, Somali traditions, unity & stability and other laws of the state. 4. Representatives of foreign media agencies and their correspondents will be temporarily suspended from practicing their occupations in case they are accused of violating this code until their case is handled properly where the case will be accordingly transferred to the legal courts and if they are found guilty where they will be subject to receive punishments like the withdrawal of their permits or serving of punishment of sentences. 5) 5) Foreign media when sending a representative to the country should contact the national media council to be advised on the regulations to which they are subject to operate in order to cope with the existing laws. They will be registered and subjected to have an authorization from the Ministry of Information. Art. 6 The National Media Council 1. A National Media Council will be in place. It is an autonomously Council and have the capacity and the required know-how of the media and would sponsor the activities of the media. a) The National Media Council will comprise of 15 members. b) 10 members will be elected from the private media and 5 members will be nominated from public media by the Ministry of information. c) The national Media Council elections will be finally approved by the minister of information. 2. The national media council will be responsible for: a) Conservation and enforcement of the media law and the attached media ethics. b) Mediation and resolution of emerging disagreements in between the media institutions, private media institutions, the government and the society c) Evaluation and operation of the private media Institutions. d) Evaluation and suggestions of approval of the concluded agreements between the local and foreign media institutions. e) Advise the local media in matters concerning the state and international laws... f) Preservation and defending the rights of the journalists g) Proposal of the withdrawal of permits issued to the operating privately owned local Medias h) Registration of the complaints and grievances coming from the journalists, the media agencies and the government and taking appropriate decisions concerning such complaints. i) Take disciplinary actions against private media agencies and journalist !" # " '