Since Samoa became the first of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) to join the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in 2015, there has been a momentous push from MESC to bring forth a national framework on culture development.

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