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Declaration of the professional organizations
from the cultural milieu of the Americas

WE, representatives of Argentinean, Brazilian, Canadian, Colombian, Chilean, Mexican professional organizations of writers, composers, screenwriters, directors, performers, independent producers, distributors, publishers, broadcasters and distributors from the film, radio/television, book and music sectors of our respective countries, on the occasion of the First Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Culture within the framework of CIDI affirm that :

only with access to a broad diversity of artistic expression reflecting the richness, complexity and variety of human experience can culture be enabled to play its true role;

by virtue of their unique and irreplaceable role, artistic works, cultural productions and cultural goods and services are not commodities like any other and can therefore not be reduced to economic terms alone;

free market forces cannot guarantee that culture is able to fully play its role and that the objective of cultural diversity is attained within every society and worldwide, even less so in this era of globalization;

It is for us essential that:

while respecting freedom of expression, States and governments have both the right and the duty to preserve, develop and implement their own cultural policies, which are essential to cultural development and to the support of the diversity of cultural expression in every society and worldwide; the exercise of such a right must not be subject to retaliatory measures;

We declare that:

in applying the rules that usually govern international trade agreements to the cultural sector, there is a risk that many key cultural policies would be dismantled.

We urge all States, within the context of the ongoing WTO services negotiations or all other bilateral, regional or global trade agreement or treaty negotiations currently underway, to:

refrain from making commitments of any kind that would limit the rights of States and governments to set their own cultural policies in the sectors of creation and interpretation of artistic works, as well as the production, dissemination and distribution of cultural goods and services; and,

firmly oppose the establishment of any negotiating or discussion group dealing with audio-visual matters or any other cultural sector, within the WTO or any other forum for the negotiation of international trade agreements or treaties;

We believe it necessary that professional organizations and public authorities maintain a dialogue and pursue a process of reflection with respect to mechanisms or instruments that could provide an international legal basis for the fundamental right of States and governments to freely adopt the cultural policies they deem appropriate; as a working hypothesis, we consider that such a right could only be effectively implemented in a framework in which the importance of defending, protecting, promoting, disseminating and preserving the cultural expressions of all countries were predominant;

We firmly wish that the aforementioned concerns of the professional organizations from the cultural milieu be integrated in the Declaration and Plan of Action of Cartagena de Indias endorsed by the ministers and high authorities of culture.

Presented in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), July 12, 2002

Pais/ Country/ Pays	Agrupaciones/ Group of organizations/ Regroupements	Organizaciones profesionales del ámbito de la cultura/Professional organizations from the cultural milieu/Organisations de profesionnels du milieu de la culture	Número/ number/ nombre miembros/members/membres
Canada	Coalition for Cultural Diversity/ Coalition pour la diversité culturelle	1. Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP)	140
		2. Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL)	100
		3. The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)	1 400
		4. Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois (UNEQ)	1 000
		5. Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec (APFTQ)	130
		6. Association des réalisateurs de Radio-Canada (AR SRC)	385
		7. Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ)	350
		8. Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)	600
		9. Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters (CAFDE)	-
		10. Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)	400
		11. Directors Guild of Canada (DGC)	3 400
		12. Société des Auteurs de Radio, Télévision et Cinéma (SARTeC)	800
		13. Writers Guild of Canada (WGC)	1 500
		14. American Federation of Musicians – Canada (AF of M)	15 000
		15. Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)	250
		16. Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA)	150
Canada	Coalition for Cultural Diversity/ Coalition pour la diversité culturelle	17. Centre de musique canadienne (Québec)	-
		18. Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec (SPACQ)	144
		19. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)	60 000
		20. Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC)	1 100
		21. Association québécoise des auteurs dramatiques (AQAD)	-
		22. Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA)	5 000
		23. Conseil québécois du théâtre (CQT)	3 000
		24. Playwrights Union of Canada (PUC)	350
		25. Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD)	400
		26. Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC)
		27. Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV)	1 300
		28. Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)	18 000
		29. Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)	800
		30. Fédération culturelle canadienne française	-
		31. Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD-Canada)	750
		32. Union des artistes (UDA)	9 700
Chile	Coalición Chilena para la Diversidad Cultural	33. Plataforma Audiovisual de Chile (see membership below)	10
		34. Asociación de Editores Independientes (ED-IN)	7
		35. Sindicato de Actores de Chile (SIDARTE)	1 200
		36. Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Música Chilena (SITMUCH)	120
		37. Sociedad de Escritores de Chile	1 500
	Plataforma Audiovisual de Chile	38. Asociación de Productores de Cine y TV (APCT)	10
		39. Asociación de Cortometrajistas de Chile (ACORCH)	200
Chile		40. Asociación de Documentalistas de Chile (ADOC)	100
		41. Sindicato de Técnicos Cinematográficos (SINTECI)	200
		42. Sindicato de Actores de Chile (SIDARTE)	200
		43. Corporación Cinematográfica Chilena	30
		44. Corporación Chilena de Video	10
		45. Fundación Chilena de las Imágenes en Movimiento	10
México	Coalición Mexicana para la Diversidad Cultural	46. Asociación Mexicana de Productores Independientes, A.C.	20
		47. Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA)	11 000
		48. Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes (ANDI)	3 000
		49. Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana (CANIEM)	300
		50. Eje Sociedad de Ejecutantes de Música, S. de G.C. de I.P.	2 000
		51. Productores y Distribuidores de Películas Mexicanas, A.C	22
		52. Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica de la República Mexicana (STPC)	3 500
		53. Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE)	1 200 000
		54. Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Música (SUTM)	9 000
		55. Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Música, S. de G.C. de I.P. (SACM)	28 000
		56. Sociedad General de Escritores de México (SOGEM)	3 000
		57. Sociedad Mexicana de Autores de las Artes Plásticas (SOMAAP)	1 200
		58. Sociedad Mexicana de Caricaturistas, S. de G.C. de I.P.	200
		59. Sociedad Mexicana de Directores, Realizadores de Obras Audiovisuales, S. de G.C.	300
		60. Sociedad Mexicana de Fotógrafos, S. de G.C. de I.P.	250
		61. Sociedad Mexicana de Historietistas, S. de G.C. de I.P.	500
Argentina	Foro para la Defensa de las Industrias Culturales	62. Asociación Argentina de Actores (A.A.A.)	8 621
		63. Asociación Argentina de Empresarios Teatrales (A.A.D.E.T.)
		64. Cámara Argentina del Libro	275
		65. Asociación Argentina de Trabajadores de las Comunicaciones (AATRAC)	10 256
		66. Cámara Argentina de Productoras Independientes de Televisión (CAPIT)	-
		67. Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos (DAC)	60
		68. Federación Argentina de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FAPCA)	120
		69. Federación Argentina de Trabajadores de Prensa (FATPREN)	25 200
		70. Federación de Trabajadores de la Imprenta, Diarios y Afines (FATIDA)	10 200
		71. Sindicato Argentino de Televisión (SAT)	20 120
		72. Sindicato de la Industria Cinematográfica Argentina (SICA)	1 650
		73. Sindicato Único de la Publicidad (SUP)	6 120
		74. Sindicato Único de Trabajadores del Espectáculo Público (SUTEP)	20 023
		75. Sociedad Argentina de Locutores (SAL)	4 000
		76. Sociedad Argentina de Músicos (SADEM)	22 500

Organizaciones profesionales del ámbito de la cultura/Professional organizations from the cultural milieu/Organisations de profesionnels

du milieu de la culture

Argentina

69. Federación Argentina de Trabajadores de Prensa (FATPREN)

73. Sindicato Único de la Publicidad (SUP)