MINISTER VUJIC ATTENDS CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY

CAPE TOWN/ZAGREB, Oct 16 (Hina) - Croatian Culture Minister Antun Vujic participated in a conference on cultural diversity in developing countries, held in Cape Town on October 12-16, the Croatian Culture Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. #L# The conference of the International Network of Cultural Policies gathered culture ministers from 22 countries. This year's event focused on cultural diversity in developing countries and globalisation challenges. Adopted at the conference were instruments suggested by Network member-countries, which will be presented to UNESCO, the statement said. It was agreed that the instruments be presented to the UNESCO Secretary-General by six Network ministers, including Croatia's Vujic, so that they could be included in UNESCO documents which are to be discussed at the next ministerial conference, to be held in Opatija, Croatia. Presented at the conference were the results of two working groups, from Mexico and Switzerland, laws and programmes for the preservation of cultural heritage and the media in globalised world. A working group was formed to prepare a working document for the Opatija conference. Vujic spoke about Croatia's cultural policy, laws and their implementation. As of January 1 next year, Vujic takes over the chairmanship of the Network. The Opatija conference, to take place next October, will focus on culture and development. (hina) rml