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US Urges Unesco to Redraft Convention


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Concord Times (Freetown)

October 20, 2005
Posted to the web October 20, 2005

Rachel Horner
Freetown

United States has urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to redraft its convention that was
rectified in Paris, France in October, a release from the US Embassy
Tuesday states.

The release stated that UNESCO is holding its general conference in
Paris, October 3-21. "At the conference member states will consider a
draft convention entitled the Convention on the Protection and
Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions," the release
states and adds that America is of the opinion that the draft text
submitted to the General Conference was hastily drafted and its final
consideration has been unnecessarily rushed.

US called on UNESCO member states to take more time to address
serious concerns raised in the draft convention.

The statement said the draft is ambiguous and contradictory and it
could be easily misinterpreted.

However, the statements states that the US wants to ensure that the
convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of
cultural expressions is not misinterpreted to justify measures that
would interfere with free trade, human rights and fundamental freedom.

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