"The campaign waged by the Inter American Press Association for the freedom of the press in the three Americas (North, South and Central America) and the West Indies — Campaign against any form of dictatorship imposed on the press in any part of the region in question — The aim of the I.A.P.A. has always been to tackle the problems of information and the rights of the press in principle and this gives it its great strength — The rights of the press are not respected at present in certain countries — The I.A.P.A. will continue to defend the rights of the press as long as they are not respected in any part of this hemisphere." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2444, topic code 161.2, 110.30)