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In the course of impassioned debates, the International Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions was adopted during the 33rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference. Its purpose: to protect goods and services that are vehicles of identity, values and meaning. Back in 2001, the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity had already raised cultural diversity to the level of “common heritage of humanity”. But this time the Convention, a binding legal instrument, commits the States that sign it. More
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