Final declaration of the second international meeting of cultural professional organizations (the Louvre declaration)

Cultural professional organisations from over 30 countries, representing all aspects of artistic creation, met in Paris from 2nd to 4th February 2003. They agreed on the following principles: works of the human spirit must not be reduced solely to their market value; the right of all peoples to cultural diversity is a fundamental human right; diversity of expression cannot exist without freedom of expression; cultural and economic domination of any kind threatens the intellectual and artistic expression of this diversity; countries have the right and the duty to pursue the cultural policies of their choice, free from external constraints, providing they respect human rights and freedom of expression.