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APPENDIX Convention on the International Transmission of News and the Right of Correction ■ Preamble The Contracting States, Desiring to implement the right of their peoples to be fully and reliably informed, Desiring to improve understanding between their peoples through the free flow of information and opinion, Desiring thereby to protect mankind, from the scourge of war, to prevent the recurrence of aggression from any source, and to combat all propaganda which is either designed or likely to provoke or encourage any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression, Considering the danger to the maintenance of friendly relations between peoples and to the preservation of peace, arising from the publication of inaccurate reports, Considering that at its second regular session the General Assembly •of the United Nations recommended the adoption of measures designed to combat the dissemination of false or distorted reports likely to injure friendly relations between States, Considering, however, that it is not at present practicable to institute, on the international level, a procedure for verifying the accuracy of a report which might lead to the imposition of penalties for the publication of false or distorted reports, Considering, moreover, that to prevent the publication of reports of this nature or to reduce their pernicious effects, it is above all necessary to promote a wide circulation of news and to heighten the sense of responsibility of those regularly engaged in the dissemination of news, Considering that* an effective means to these ends is to give States directly affected by a report, which they consider false or distorted and which is disseminated by an information agency, the possibility of securing commensurate publicity for their corrections, Considering that the legislation of certain States does not provide for a right of correction of which foreign Governments may avail themselves, and that it is therefore desirable to institute such a right on the international level, and Having resolved to conclude a Convention for these purposes, v Have agreed as follows : ' Article I For the purposes of the present Convention : 1. " News material " means all news material, whether of information or opinion and whether visual or auditory, for dissemination to the public.