EXCERPTS FROM THE FINAL DOCUMENT ADOPTED BY THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONFERENCE [...] The participants express satisfaction with the proceedings of the Conference which confirmed their adherence to the principles of the universality of human rights, freedom of speech, and objectiveness of information. […] The participants call upon all journalists reporting on the conflicts in Trans-Caucasus: - To refrain from publishing materials based on unconfirmed data, which may lead in the end, to regarding whole nations as the personification of the image of the enemy; - To refrain from approving cruelty and terror, no matter what seems have been proclaimed by the persons resorting them; - To inform the broad public fully and in due time about the documents regulating the legal situation in conflict-ridden areas; - To refuse using, in the material devoted to conflicts, propaganda clichés and mutual references to ethnic or confessional “inferiorities”; - To refrain from using provocative or insulting language; - To assist in the search of models of conflict settlement aiming to guarantee stable peace and eliminate the possibility of renewed militia actions; and also to support all efforts aimed at sustaining stability in the Region. […] The conference condemns all cases of political censorship preventing the press from taking up important subjects and discussing important events. Or denying reporters access to the scene of action. The conference calls upon the conflicting parties to broaden the scope for negotiated problems and address such issues as the necessity to overcome informational alienation and to stimulate information exchange. […] The participants appeal to the conflicting parties and mediators in negotiations to assist in the execution of the agreements achieved by the Conference and to contribute to the convocation of further meting of this kind. FACT-FINDING MISSION TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA ON THE SITUATION OF THE ROMA/GYPSIES 15-21 May 1996 Bosnia-Herzegovina Rapporteur: Jacek Paliszewski 34 OSCE ODIHR Bulletin Vol. 4 No. 3