[WSIS CS-Plenary] [CRIS Info] URGENT: support CRIS comments on UNESCO cultural diversity convention

[djilali benamrane]

Is it possible to get a French translation of this
comment to publish it on french speaking lists or is
it limited to english speaking thinkers and leaders ?
Thanks
Djilali
--- Steve Buckley <sbuckley at gn.apc.org> wrote:

> *please forward widely*
> 
> 
> UNESCO is currently drafting a new international
> agreement on cultural 
> diversity: the Convention on the Protection of the
> Diversity of Cultural 
> Contents and Artistic Expressions.
> 
> This Convention was originally designed to ensure
> that culture, in the age 
> of globalized culture industries, is not reduced to
> a commodity. Its aim is 
> to allow each country to implement cultural, media,
> and communications 
> policies that foster cultural diversity.
> 
> However, some governments have proposed dangerous
> revisions that would 
> transform the draft Convention into an instrument
> that expands corporate 
> ownership of culture.
> 
> The campaign for Communication Rights in the
> Information Society (CRIS) is 
> calling on civil society organizations to join us in
> taking the following 
> stand on the Convention:
> 
>      * First, the Convention must not be made
> subordinate to existing or 
> future trade agreements. To do so would defeat its
> purpose.
> 
>      * Second, it should be designed to not only
> protect diversity of 
> national and regional cultural industries, but to
> protect the cultural 
> diversity and the communication rights of all
> peoples.
> 
>      * Third, it must balance any references to the
> protection of 
> intellectual property rights with reference to
> protection of the cultural 
> commons. Otherwise, references to intellectual
> property rights should be 
> removed altogether.
> 
> Based on these points, on November 15th the CRIS
> campaign will submit 
> concrete suggestions to UNESCO for changes to the
> draft Convention.
> 
> Please take the time to read the CRIS comments and
> add your organization to 
> the list of signatories.
> 
> The CRIS comments, and a form for adding your
> signature, can be found here: 
> http://www.mediatrademonitor.org/cris-unesco.php
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Sasha Costanza-Chock
> for the campaign for Communication Rights in the
> Information Society
> 
> 
> contact:
> global AT freepress.net,
> (US) 1.510.655.7971
> 
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