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B. In the matter of broadcasting [radiodifusión] and telecommunications:
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V. The law will establish a public decentralized organ [organismo] with technical [and] operative autonomy, [autonomy] of decision and of administration [gestion] autonomy, having the objective of providing the service of not-for-profit broadcasting [radiodifusión sin fines de lucro], to the effect of assuring the access of the greater number of persons in each one of the entities [entidades] of the Federation, to contents that promote [promuevan] the national integration, the educational, cultural and civic training [formación], equality between women and men, the diffusion of impartial, objective, opportune and truthful [veraz] information of the national and international events [acontecer], and to give space to the works [obras] of independent production, as well as to the expression of the diversity and plurality of ideas and opinions that fortify the democratic life of the society.
... (Art. 6) - Spanish...
B. En materia de radiodifusión y telecomunicaciones:
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V. La ley establecerá un organismo público descentralizado con autonomía técnica, operativa, de decisión y de gestión, que tendrá por objeto proveer el servicio de radiodifusión sin fines de lucro, a efecto de asegurar el acceso al mayor número de personas en cada una de las entidades de la Federación, a contenidos que promuevan la integración nacional, la formación educativa, cultural y cívica, la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres, la difusión de información imparcial, objetiva, oportuna y veraz del acontecer nacional e internacional, y dar espacio a las obras de producción independiente, así como a la expresión de la diversidad y pluralidad de ideas y opiniones que fortalezcan la vida democrática de la sociedad.
… (Art. 6)
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1. The family, being the cornerstone of the preservation and the advancement of the Nation, as well as marriage, motherhood and childhood, shall be under the protection of the State. The State shall take care to ensure that all citizens enjoy a decent standard of living by means of a system of minimum guaranteed income, as specified by law.
2. Families with many children, disabled war and peace-time veterans, war victims, widows and orphans, as well as persons suffering from incurable bodily or mental ailments are entitled to the special care of the State.
3. The State shall care for the health of citizens and shall adopt special measures for the protection of youth, old age, disability and for the relief of the needy.
4. The acquisition of a home by the homeless or those inadequately sheltered shall constitute an object of special State care.
… (Art. 21) - Greek
1. H οικογένεια, ως θεμέλιο της συντήρησης και προαγωγής του Έθνους, καθώς και ο γάμος, η μητρότητα και η παιδική ηλικία τελούν υπό την προστασία του Kράτους. Το Κράτος μεριμνά για τη διασφάλιση συνθηκών αξιοπρεπούς διαβίωσης όλων των πολιτών μέσω ενός συστήματος ελάχιστου εγγυημένου εισοδήματος, όπως νόμος ορίζει.
2. Πολύτεκνες οικογένειες, ανάπηροι πολέμου και ειρηνικής περιόδου, θύματα πολέμου, χήρες και ορφανά εκείνων που έπεσαν στον πόλεμο, καθώς και όσοι πάσχουν από ανίατη σωματική ή πνευματική νόσο έχουν δικαίωμα ειδικής φροντίδας από το Kράτος.
3. To Kράτoς μεριμνά για την υγεία των πoλιτών και παίρνει ειδικά μέτρα για την πρoστασία της νεότητας, τoυ γήρατoς, της αναπηρίας και για την περίθαλψη των απόρων.
4. H απόκτηση κατoικίας από αυτoύς πoυ την στερoύνται ή πoυ στεγάζoνται ανεπαρκώς απoτελεί αντικείμενo ειδικής φρoντίδας τoυ Kράτoυς.
… ('Αρθρο 21)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. Every citizen shall have the right of equal access to publicly funded social services. The State shall endeavor, within the limit of its resources, to make available to all citizens health, education, cultural and other social services.
… (Art. 21)