5 PART II CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY Article 3 The African States recognize the need to take account of national identities, cultural diversity being a factor making for balance within the nation and a source of mutual enrichment for various communities. Article 4 The African States recognize that African cultural diversity is the expression of the same identity; a factor of unity and an effective weapon for genuine liberty, effective responsibility and full sovereignty of the people. Article 5 The assertion of national identity must not be at the cost of impoverishing or subjecting various cultures within the State. PART III NATIONAL CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Chapter I – Basic principles governing a National Cultural Policy Article 6 Each African State recognizes that it is the working people who make history and establish the foundations and conditions for the advancement of culture. As culture has an innovating and beneficial influence on the means of production and on man, each African State agrees:(a) to work out a national cultural policy for each State. This policy should be designed as a codification of social practices and concerted activities whose aim is to satisfy cultural needs through the optimal utilization of all the available material and human resources; (b) to integrate the cultural development plan in the overall program for economic and social development; (c) that individual States shall be free to establish their priorities and select the methods they consider best suited for attaining their cultural development