Taking into account the importance of the vitality of cultures, including for persons belonging to minorities and indigenous peoples, manifested in their freedom to create, disseminate and distribute their traditional cultural expressions and to have access thereto, so as to benefit from them for their own development, 16.
Sachant que la diversité culturelle crée un monde riche et varié qui élargit les choix possibles, nourrit les capacités et les valeurs humaines, et qu’elle est donc un ressort fondamental du développement durable des communautés, des peuples et des nations, 4.