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Cultural Development

A/RES/53/184No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 93gCultural development, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1995–1999
  • 1999A/RES/53/184Cultural developmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1998A/RES/52/197Cultural developmentCompare with previous version
  • 1995A/RES/49/105Cultural development

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Cooperation Between OrganizationsCultural DevelopmentProgrammes of ActionRecommendationsSustainable Development

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;
2
Invites all States, intergovernmental bodies and organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations:
a
To implement the recommendations of the Action Plan on Cultural Policies for Development adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development;
b
To cooperate with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the purpose of ensuring effective follow-up to the Action Plan;
c
To intensify their efforts to integrate cultural factors into their development programmes and projects so as to ensure sustainable development that fully respects cultural diversity, taking into account their cultural values and identity;
3
Encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to pursue its ongoing task of promoting throughout the United Nations system a greater awareness of the crucial relationship between culture and development, taking into account the diversity of cultures and the need to apply the recommendations of the Stockholm Conference;
4
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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