PART II  Commitments Relating to Human Rights that are Applicable to All 123 Paris 1990 (A New Era of Democracy, Peace and Unity) We affirm that, without discrimination, every individual has the right to (…) freedom of association and peaceful assembly (…) Helsinki 2008 (Ministerial Declaration on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) (…) We reiterate that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association. The exercise of these rights may be subject to only such limitations as are provided by law and consistent with our obligations under international law and with our international commitments. (…) 3.1.10 Freedom of Expression, Free Media and Information A. General Provisions Helsinki 1975 (Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields) 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, (…) 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 (…) Vienna 1989 (Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields) (34) (…) in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and their relevant international commitments concerning seeking, receiving and imparting information of all kinds, [the participating States] will ensure that individuals can freely choose their sources of information. In this context they will (…)