교육, 과학 및 ë¬¸í™”ì  성격의 시청각 자재의 êµ­ì œì  ìœ í†µì„ 용이하게 ...

Considering that access and participation, which should provide everyone with the opportunity
not only to receive benefits but also to express himself in all the circumstances of social life,
imply the greatest liberty and tolerance in the fields of cultural training and the creation and
dissemination of culture,
Considering that participation in cultural life presupposes an affirmation of the personality, its
dignity and value, and also the implementation of the fundamental rights and freedoms of
man attested by the Charter of the United Nations and international legal instruments
concerning human rights, and that the cultural development of the individual is hindered by
such phenomena as the policy of aggression, colonialism, neo-colonialism, fascism and racism
in all its forms and manifestations, as well as by other causes,
Considering that participation in cultural life takes the form of an assertion of identity,
authenticity and dignity; that the integrity of identity is threatened by numerous causes of
erosion stemming, in particular, from the prevalence of inappropriate models or of techniques
which have not been fully mastered,
Considering that the assertion of cultural identity should not result in the formation of isolated
groups but should, on the contrary, go hand in hand with a mutual desire for wide and
frequent contacts, and that such contacts are a fundamental requirement without which the
objectives of the present recommendation would be unattainable,
Bearing in mind the fundamental part played by general education, cultural education and
artistic training, and the use of working time and free time, with a view to full cultural
development, in a context of life-long education,
Considering that the mass media can serve as instruments of cultural enrichment, both by
opening up unprecedented possibilities of cultural development, in contributing to the liberation
of the latent cultural potential of individuals, to the preservation and popularization of
traditional forms of culture, and to the creation and dissemination of new forms, and by
turning themselves into media for group communication and promoting direct participation by
the people,
Considering that the ultimate objective of access and participation is to raise the spiritual and
cultural level of society as a whole on the basis of humanistic values and to endow culture
with a humanistic and democratic content, and that this in turn implies taking measures
against the harmful effect of `commercial mass culture', which threatens national cultures and
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