Press Release: The Commission welcomes the ratification of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity

The UNESCO convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expression will be able enter into force in three months time, following its ratification by a sufficient number of countries. The required number of 30 ratifications was reached on 18 December 2006 when the Community, joined by twelve Member States (Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) deposited their instruments of ratification at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Bulgaria also ratified in Paris at the end of this joint ratification.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/06/500 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/500&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

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