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Thé Assistant Director-General for Culture United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Organisation Permanent Délégations to UNESCO des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture Organizaciôn de las Naciones Unidas para la Educaciôn, 6 December2018 la Ciencia y la Cultura OpraHM3a4Mfl 06T»eflMHeHHbix HaLtMd no Ref. :CLT/CPD/18/10156 sonpocaM oSpasosaHMS, HSyKK M KyjlbTypbl SjaJLjl jt-n^l 3 nh'in ULîlJlj jJ»Jljî-u^U Subject: UNESCO Forum of Ministers of Culture %^BfW, ^-^ÂJt^^. iD DearSir/Madam, At thé 205th session of thé Executive Board, in October of this year, thé Director- Généralannounced that UNESCOwill convene a Forum of Ministers of Culture on 19 November 2019 as a key event alongside thé proceedings of thé 40th session of thé UNESCO Général Conférence. Thé Forum of Ministers of Culture wil! build on thé Organization's past international conférences on cultural policies, held in Mexico City (Mondiacult, 1982) and Stockholm {Cultural Policies for Development, 1998), respectively. It will aim to unité Ministers of Culture around a common framework of action on cultural policies and thé achievementof thé Sustainable Development Goals. From enhancing employment opportunities in thé créative economy through arts éducation, to protecting thé rights of artists in thé digital environment, thé Forum will also aim to address thé challenges and opportunities facing governments as they design and implement cultural policies today. Thé need to increase thé availability of reliable and comparable statistical data on cultural policies and their impact will reçoive particular attention. In light of thé above, l wish to invite you to inform your Government of thé date of thé Forum, in order to ensure thé participation of your Minister of Culture, l should also be grateful to reçoive an indication of your country's priorities in thé area of cultural policies, particularly with regard to thé 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. Please send your comments and suggestions to thé Secrétariat at thefollowing address: CultureForum2019 Unesco. or . Kindly note that further information outlining thé framework and format of thé UNESCO Forum of Ministers of Culture will be presented to thé Executive Board at its 206th session, in April 2019. An invitation letter addressed to your Minister of Culture will be sent to you for onward transmission immediately following thé Executive Board session. Please accept, Sir/Madam, thé assurances of my highest considération. s {^ .' ErnestciOtto eR 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP, France Tél. : +33 (0)1 45 68 XXXX www. unesco. org