(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) 开展合作和进行互动，增加援助，协助发展中国家建立通讯基础结构和能力，同时适当顾及这些国家的需要及其在这些领域的优先次序，从而在各个层次上缩小目前在新闻流通方面的差距，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自行制订新闻和传播政策，促使媒体和个人更多地参与传播进程，确保新闻在各层次自由流通；