The World Conference on Cultural Policies (MONDIACULT), held in Mexico City, adopted the celebrated broad definition of culture that linked culture so irrevocably to development:

"Culture... is ... the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only arts and letters, but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of the human being, value systems, traditions and beliefs."

• Consult the Mexico Declaration (PDF)