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HELSINKI FINAL ACT

1975

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Section IV, Chapter II

Information:

The participating States,

• Conscious of the need for an ever wider knowledge and understanding of the various aspects of life in other participating States,

• Acknowledging the contribution of this process to the growth of confidence between peoples,

• Desiring, with the development of mutual understanding between the participating States and with the further improvement of their relations, to continue further efforts towards progress in this field,

• Recognizing the importance of the dissemination of information from the other participating States and of a better acquaintance with such information,

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• Make it their aim to facilitate the freer and wider dissemination of information of all kinds, to encourage co-operation in the field of information and the exchange of information with other countries,(...)