Helsinki 1975 13 (h) Expansion of Contacts By way of further developing contacts among governmental institutions and non-governmental organizations and associations, including women’s organizations, the participating States will facilitate the convening of meetings as well as travel by delegations, groups and individuals. 2. 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, Emphasizing therefore the essential and influential role of the press, radio, television, cinema and news agencies and of the journalists working in these fields, 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, and. to improve the conditions under which journalists from one participating State exercise their profession in another participating State, and Express their intention in particular: (a) Improvement of the Circulation of, Access to, and Exchange of Information (i) Oral Information - To facilitate the dissemination of oral information through the encouragement of lectures and lecture tours by personalities and specialists from the other participating States, as well as exchanges of opinions at round table meetings, seminars, symposia, summer schools, congresses and other bilateral and multilateral meetings. (ii) Printed Information - To facilitate the improvement of the dissemination, on their territory, of newspapers and printed publications, periodical and non-periodical, from the other participating States. For this purpose: • they will encourage their competent firms and organizations to conclude agreements and contracts designed gradually to increase the quantities and the number of titles of