CULTURAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
London, April 18, 1958
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany;
Desiring to encourage co-operation in the field of culture both between their respective peoples and on the international plane;
And desiring to that end to conclude a Convention for the purpose of promoting by friendly interchange and co-operation the fullest possible understanding of the intellectual, artistic and scientific activities as well as the ways of life of the other country;
Have agreed as follows:-
ARTICLE 1
Each Contracting Party shall endeavour to promote as far as possible the creation, at Universities and other educational institutions in its territory, of Professorial Chairs, Readerships, Lectureships and courses in the language, literature and history of the country of the other Contracting Party and in other subjects concerning that country.
ARTICLE 2
Each Contracting Party shall endeavour to promote in its own country the establishment of and support for cultural institutes of the other Contracting Party, provided that the requirements of internal law with regard to the establishment and conduct of such institutes are complied with. The term Institute" shall include schools, scientific and cultural centres, libraries, film libraries and music libraries. Each Contracting Party shall endeavour to promote the foundation of and support for Anglo-German associations and other organisations furthering the general aims of this Convention.
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ARTICLE 3
The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to promote the interchange between their countries of university teachers, teachers from all types of schools, students, young persons, research workers and representatives of other professions and occupations.
ARTICLE 4
Each Contracting Party shall consider the provision of scholarships to enable its own nationals to pursue or undertake studies, technical training or research in the country of the other Contracting Party and to enable nationals of the other Contracting Party to pursue or undertake studies, technical training or research in its own country.
For the purpose of this Article the term
nationals in relation to the
Federal Republic of Germany means Germans as defined in the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany of May 23, 1949.
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