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They should include more detailed provisions on the role of the State and the
media in promoting freedom of expression and the equality rights of minorities. In
particular, the recommendations should recognize that all states should have in
place an independent and publicly accountable regulatory framework for the
media, including new media, which promotes pluralism and equality;
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The recommendations should further urge all mass media organisations to take
positive steps to ensure that their workforces are diverse and representative of
society as a whole and to seek a multiplicity of sources and voices within different
communities, rather than representing communities as monolithic blocs. Also,
media organisations should be encouraged to adopt self-regulatory systems to
guarantee the rights of correction and reply of persons belonging to minorities.
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