WACC: endorses CRIS statement on cultural diversity

 

From: SH@wacc.org.uk

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:24:01 +0000

Subject: [MediaMentor] WACC: endorses CRIS statement on cultural diversity

 

WACC endorses CRIS campaign statement on UNESCO cultural diversity convention

In November 2001, the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity was unanimously adopted. Two years on, UNESCO has decided to work towards a Convention on Cultural Diversity, an internationally binding legal instrument for all members States that sign up.

The draft convention promotes pluralism, respect for universal human rights, creativity and international solidarity. The objective is a new ethic of sustainable development and lasting peace. To achieve this, each country will devise and implement cultural, media, and communications policies that foster cultural diversity. However, some countries have already indicated positions that could threaten this effort. In response to this challenge, the CRIS Campaign has drafted a statement of demands to be presented today, 15th November, to UNESCO.

Endorsing the CRIS statement Randy Naylor, WACC General Secretary, said:  "It is easy to view international agreements as the purview of lawyers and constitutional experts. While there is a key role for such expertise in the creation of international agreements, these treaties not only establish international procedures and practices but eventually, through the implementation of the agreement, also define its inherent values. Culture is too central to human development for these to be ignored from the outset. The CRIS statement stresses the importance of community, participation, gender and justice, which WACC believes are essential to all communication policies and agreements."

WACC calls on its members and constituency to get involved and to support the CRIS campaignÂ’s work on the draft convention by going to http://www.mediatrademonitor.org/cris-unesco.php

Notes for editors:

Taking the side of justice and human dignity in media, and promoting diverse media ownership, WACC works for the right to communicate for all. WACC holds the secretariat for the CRIS Campaign. For more information about WACC, please go to: www.wacc.org.uk

UNESCO Overview of the Convention Process: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11281&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

For more information about the CRIS statement, or to sign on to the statement, please go to http://www.mediatrademonitor.org/cris-unesco.php

For more information on the CRIS Campaign, please go to: www.crisinfo.org

Contact:

Myriam Horngren, WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator, mh@wacc.org.uk, tel: (+) 44 207 582 9139

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