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regard for their needs and the priorities attached to such areas by those countries,
and in order to enable them and the public, private or other media in developing
countries to develop their own information and communications policies freely and
independently and increase the participation of media and individuals in the
communication process, and to ensure a free flow of information at all levels;
(b) To ensure for journalists the free and effective performance of their
professional tasks and condemn resolutely all attacks against them;
(c) To provide support for the continuation and strengthening of practical
training programmes for broadcasters and journalists from public, private and other
media in developing countries;
(d) To enhance regional efforts and cooperation among developing countries,
as well as cooperation between developed and developing countries, to strengthen
communications capacities and to improve the media infrastructure and
communications technology in the developing countries, especially in the areas of
training and dissemination of information;
(e) To aim at, in addition to bilateral cooperation, providing all possible
support and assistance to the developing countries and their media, public, private
or other, with due regard to their interests and needs in the field of information and
to action already adopted within the United Nations system, including:
(i) The development of the human and technical resources that are
indispensable for the improvement of information and communications systems
in developing countries and support for the continuation and strengthening of
practical training programmes, such as those already operating under both
public and private auspices throughout the developing world;
(ii) The creation of conditions that will enable developing countries and their
media, public, private or other, to have, by using their national and regional
resources, the communications technology suited to their national needs, as
well as the necessary programme material, especially for radio and television
broadcasting;
(iii) Assistance in establishing and promoting telecommunication links at the
subregional, regional and interregional levels, especially among developing
countries;
(iv) The facilitation, as appropriate, of access by the developing countries to
advanced communications technology available on the open market;
(f) To provide full support for the International Programme for the
Development of Communication of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, 3 which should support both public and private media.
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62nd plenary meeting
10 December 2010
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See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference,
Twenty-first Session, Belgrade, 23 September–28 October 1980, vol. l, Resolutions, sect. III.4, resolution 4/21.
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