International Cultural Policies: Consensuses and Challenges

Demands have been voiced for the international political agenda to include alternative cultural views that call for the peaceful coexistence of human beings and the environment. This cultural transformation does not constitute an attack on the solid foundations of the international cultural policies derived from the Second General Conference of UNESCO in 1948, but it does force us to rethink their premises, guidelines and actions. This article takes us briefly through international cultural policies and related themes, and discusses the major challenges facing us amid the uncertainty of today’s rapidly changing world.