Article 66 — CEDEAO Traite-revise-1993

THE PRESS In order to involve more closely the citizens of the Community in the regional integration process, Member States agree to co-operate in the area of information. To this end they undertake as follows: b) c) d) e) f) to maintain within their borders, and between one another, freedom of access for professionals of the communication industry and for information sources; to facilitate exchange of information between their press organs; to promote and foster effective dissemination of information within the Community; to ensure respect for the rights of journalists; to take measures to encourage investment capital, both public and private, in the communication industries in Member States; to modernise the media by introducing training facilities for new information techniques; and to promote and encourage dissemination of information in indigenous languages, strengthening co-operation between national press agencies and developing linkages between them. CHAPTER XII CO-OPERATION IN OTHER AREAS.