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Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

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The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is a UNESCO convention and treaty adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on 20 October 2005. The treaty was jointly negotiated by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Community, and by the European Council, on behalf of the member states.

The Convention’s main objective is to take into account cultural diversity when developing other policies. The preamble emphasizes “the need to incorporate culture as a strategic element in national and international development policies, as well as in international development cooperation, taking into account also the United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000) with its special emphasis on poverty eradication.”

Article 1(h) of the Convention lists as one of the objectives “to reaffirm the sovereign rights of States to maintain, adopt, and implement policies and measures that they deem appropriate for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions on their territory.”

Article 3, concerning the scope of application, provides that the Convention “shall apply to the policies and measures adopted by the Parties related to the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions.”

Article 6 provides that each Party may adopt measures for protecting diversity of cultural expressions in its territory within the framework of the Convention.

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