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Council of Europe Framework Convention
on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society *
Faro, 27.X.2005
Preamble
The member States of the Council of Europe, Signatories hereto,
Considering that one of the aims of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater
unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and fostering the ideals and principles, founded upon respect for human rights,
democracy and the rule of law, which are their common heritage;
Recognising the need to put people and human values at the centre of an
enlarged and cross-disciplinary concept of cultural heritage;
Emphasising the value and potential of cultural heritage wisely used as a
resource for sustainable development and quality of life in a constantly evolving society;
Recognising that every person has a right to engage with the cultural heritage
of their choice, while respecting the rights and freedoms of others, as
an aspect of the right freely to participate in cultural life enshrined
in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
and guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights (1966);
Convinced of the need to involve everyone in society in the ongoing process
of defining and managing cultural heritage;
Convinced of the soundness of the principle of heritage policies and educational initiatives which treat all cultural heritages equitably and so
promote dialogue among cultures and religions;
Referring to the various instruments of the Council of Europe, in particular
the European Cultural Convention (1954), the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe (1985), the European
Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (1992,
revised) and the European Landscape Convention (2000);
Convinced of the importance of creating a pan-European framework for co-operation in the dynamic process of putting these principles into effect;
Have agreed as follows:
* The Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty
establishing the European Community entered into force on 1 December
2009. As a consequence, as from that date, any reference to the European
Economic Community shall be read as the European Union.
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