Article 1 
1. The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 2. The text of the UNESCO Convention is contained in Annex 1(a) to this Decision.
Article 2 
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the instrument of accession, on behalf of the Community, with the Director-General of UNESCO, in accordance with Article 27(4) of the UNESCO Convention. 2. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community, the declaration of competence contained in Annex 1(b) to this Decision, in accordance with Article 27(3)(c) of the UNESCO Convention. 3. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to issue the Unilateral Declaration reproduced in Annex 2 to this Decision at the time of the deposition of the instrument of accession.
Article 3 
In respect of matters falling within the Community's competence, the Commission shall represent the Community at meetings of the bodies created by the UNESCO Convention, in particular the Conference of the Parties referred to in Article 22 thereof, and shall negotiate on its behalf concerning questions falling within the remit of those bodies.
Article 4 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .