The General Conference of UNESCO took this position in 2001, asserting in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity that "...cultural diversity is as necessary for humankind as biodiversity is for nature."
2001年，联合国教科文组织在《世界文化多样性宣言》第1条中称：“……对于人类而言，文化多样性就如生物多样性对于自然一样至关重要。