(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) 开展合作和互动交流，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对这些领域确定的优先秩序，从而缩小各级信息流动方面目前存在的差距，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，确保各级信息的自由流动；