Southern African Development Community ARTICLE23 INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 1. State Parties shall upgrade media infrastructure for communication in the urban and rural areas to ensure access to more stakeholders through the media. 2. State Parties shall promote the role of archives, libraries, museums, cultural villages and similar services as information providers. 3. State Parties shall co-operate in the development of new communication technologies, including satellite broadcasting, as a countervail to threats to collective sovereignty from global media. SECTION III SPORT ARTICLE24 OBJECTIVES In fulfilment of the principles of this Protocol, State Parties agree to co-operate in the area of Sport in order to attain the following objectives: a) promote regional integration through sport and recreation; b) promote the participation of key stakeholders in organising and sponsoring sports and recreation programmes and activities; c) promote and facilitate the organisation of training programmes for sports personnel; d) promote active participation by stakeholders in sport and recreation activities with special emphasis on women, children and persons with disabilities; and e) foster the spirit of fair play, mutual respect, ethical and moral principles in sport as well as fighting doping and drugs. Protocol on Culture,Information and Sport 15

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