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Entrée en vigueur de la Convention sur la diversité culturelle
Published: Mar 21, 2007 - 04:27 PM
L'Union européenne de Radio-Télévision a salué la mise en application de la Convention, appelant tous ses membres à la ratifier au plus vite "pour qu'elle devienne un instrument efficace dans les négociations internationales".
Speaking on 18 March 2007, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) President Fritz Pleitgen welcomed the entry-into-force of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversityexternal , as "a first, considerable step forward in protecting and promoting cultural diversity at the international level, especially in trade negotiations". He added: "It is strongly welcomed by public-service broadcasters who endeavour to foster cultural diversity in all their programmes and on new platforms."
Adopted on 20 October 2005 by the General Conference of UNESCO, the Convention aims to reinforce the links between culture, sustainable development and dialogue. To date, more than 50 states have ratified the Convention. Henceforth, international co-operation is to "serve as an innovative platform for promoting creative industries in all of their diversity".
The EBU was involved throughout the development of the Convention, beginning with the intense negotiations and continuing through to its drafting. The EBU will now actively follow the implementation of the Convention. Public broadcasters argue that if audiovisual services were to be liberalised under the legal regime of the WTO, and, more specifically, under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the most basic and fundamental audiovisual and cultural policies could be put at risk.
The Convention's ratification process must now be completed - the impact of the Convention on current or future trade negotiations will depend on the number of ratifications it receives. "The EBU has called upon all its members to encourage governments to ratify as soon as possible the UNESCO Convention, in order for it to become an effective instrument in international negotiations, and especially in the GATS negotiations," Pleitgen said.
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Adopted on 20 October 2005 by the General Conference of UNESCO, the Convention aims to reinforce the links between culture, sustainable development and dialogue. To date, more than 50 states have ratified the Convention. Henceforth, international co-operation is to "serve as an innovative platform for promoting creative industries in all of their diversity".
The EBU was involved throughout the development of the Convention, beginning with the intense negotiations and continuing through to its drafting. The EBU will now actively follow the implementation of the Convention. Public broadcasters argue that if audiovisual services were to be liberalised under the legal regime of the WTO, and, more specifically, under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the most basic and fundamental audiovisual and cultural policies could be put at risk.
The Convention's ratification process must now be completed - the impact of the Convention on current or future trade negotiations will depend on the number of ratifications it receives. "The EBU has called upon all its members to encourage governments to ratify as soon as possible the UNESCO Convention, in order for it to become an effective instrument in international negotiations, and especially in the GATS negotiations," Pleitgen said.
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