protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Article 16 1.No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy,family,home or correspondence,nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. 2.The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article 17 States Parties recognize the important function performed by the mass media and shall ensure that the child has access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources,especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social,spiritual and moral well-being and physical and mental health.To this end,States Parties shall: (a)Encourage the mass media to disseminate information and material of social and cultural benefit to the child and in accordance with the spirit of article 29; (b)Encourage international co-operation in the production,exchange and dissemination of such information and material from a diversity of cultural,national and international sources; (c)Encourage the production and dissemination of children's books; (d)Encourage the mass media to have particular regard to the linguistic needs of the child who belongs to a minority group or who is indigenous; (e)Encourage the development of appropriate guidelines for the protection of the child from information and material injurious to his or her well-being,bearing in mind the provisions of articles 13 and 18 Article 18 1.States Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure recognition of the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child.Parents or,as the case may be,legal guardians,have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of the child.The best interests of the child will be their basic concern. 2.For the purpose of guaranteeing and promoting the rights set forth in the present Convention,States Parties shall render appropriate assistance to parents and legal7 protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Article 16 1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. 2. The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article 17 States Parties recognize the important function performed by the mass media and shall ensure that the child has access to information and material from a diversity of national and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of his or her social, spiritual and moral well-being and physical and mental health. To this end, States Parties shall: (a) Encourage the mass media to disseminate information and material of social and cultural benefit to the child and in accordance with the spirit of article 29; (b) Encourage international co-operation in the production, exchange and dissemination of such information and material from a diversity of cultural, national and international sources; (c) Encourage the production and dissemination of children's books; (d) Encourage the mass media to have particular regard to the linguistic needs of the child who belongs to a minority group or who is indigenous; (e) Encourage the development of appropriate guidelines for the protection of the child from information and material injurious to his or her well-being, bearing in mind the provisions of articles 13 and 18. Article 18 1. States Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure recognition of the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child. Parents or, as the case may be, legal guardians, have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of the child. The best interests of the child will be their basic concern. 2. For the purpose of guaranteeing and promoting the rights set forth in the present Convention, States Parties shall render appropriate assistance to parents and legal