Article 7 Measures to promote cultural expressions
United Kingdom
Parties shall endeavour to create in their territory an environment which encourages individuals and social groups:
to create, produce, disseminate, distribute and have access to their own cultural expressions, paying due attention to the special circumstances and needs of women as well as various social groups, including persons belonging to minorities and indigenous peoples;
to have access to diverse cultural expressions from within their territory as well as from other countries of the world.
Parties shall also endeavour to recognize the important contribution of artists, others involved in the creative process, cultural communities, and organizations that support their work, and their central role in nurturing the diversity of cultural expressions.