(a) To cooperate and interact with a view to reducing existing disparities in information flows at all levels by increasing assistance for the development of communication infrastructures and capabilities in developing countries, with due 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 communication 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;
(a) 开展合作和相互促进，以期增加援助，协助发展中国家建立通信基础设施和能力，并适当顾及这些国家的需要及其在这些领域的优先秩序，从而在各个层次上缩小目前在信息流动方面的差距，并使发展中国家及其公营、民营或其他媒体能自由和独立地制订本身的信息和通信政策，促使媒体和个人更多地参与通信进程，确保信息在各层次自由流动；