The fourth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took place from 4 to 8 June 2012 at UNESCO Headquarters (7, place de Fontenoy, Paris 75007, Room II).
During this session, the General Assembly revised some of the Operational Directives in the light of the experience gained by the Intergovernmental Committee in their implementation since 2008. Revision proposals concerned the modalities of the examination and the maximum ceiling of files to be treated annually by the Committee. The General Assembly also proceeded with accreditation of non-governmental organizations for advisory services to the Committee and conducted an election for the renewal of half of the Members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Chairperson, Vice-Chairs and Rapporteur
- Chairperson: H.E. Ms Eleonora Husseinova (Azerbaijan)
- Vice-Chairs: France, Honduras, China, Burkina Faso, Lebanon
- Rapporteur: Mr Dries Willems (Belgium)
Speeches
- H.E. Ms Katalin Bogyay, President of the General Conference: English
- H.E. Ms Alissandra Cummins, Chairperson of the Executive Board: English
- Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO: English
- Mr Toshiyuki Kono, Chairperson of the third General Assembly: English
Summary records and resolutions
- Summary records (presented in June 2014): English|French
- Resolutions: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
Agenda and documents
| Item of the agenda | Documents | Recordings* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening of the session | ITH/12/4.GA/INF.1: English|French Summary records of the third session of the General Assembly | 2012-06-04 10:14: English|French|Original |
| 2 | Election of the Bureau of the fourth session of the General Assembly Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/2: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and the Rapporteur of the General Assembly | 2012-06-04 11:10: English|French|Original |
| 3 | Adoption of the agenda of the fourth session of the General Assembly Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/3: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Provisional agenda of the fourth session of the General Assembly ITH/12/4.GA/INF.3.1 Rev.2: English|French Provisional timetable ITH/12/4.GA/INF.3.2 Rev.6: English|French Provisional list of documents | 2012-06-04 11:39: English|French|Original |
| 4 | Reports of the Intergovernmental Committee and the Secretariat Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/4 Rev.2: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Reports of the Intergovernmental Committee and the Secretariat ITH/12/4.GA/INF.4.1: English|French Report of the Intergovernmental Committee to the General Assembly on its activities between June 2010 and June 2012 ITH/12/4.GA/INF.4.2: English|French Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on the 2011 reports of States Parties on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of all elements inscribed on the Representative List ITH/12/4.GA/INF.4.3: English|French Report of the Secretariat on its activities between June 2010 and June 2012 | 2012-06-04 12:06: English|French|Original 2012-06-04 15:05: English|Original |
| 5 | Revision of the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/5: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Revision of the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention ITH/12/4.GA/INF.5: English|French Draft summary records of the sixth session of the Intergovernmental Committee (November 2011) | 2012-06-04 15:53: English|Original 2012-06-05 10:15: English|Original 2012-06-05 15:17: English|French|Original 2012-06-06 10:22: English|French|Original 2012-06-06 15:45: English|French|Original 2012-06-07 10:08: English|French|Original |
| 6 | Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/6: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Accreditation of non-governmental organizations See all requests for accreditation | 2012-06-07 12:40: English|French|Original 2012-06-07 15:09: English|French|Original |
| 7 | Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/7: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund ITH/12/4.GA/INF.7.1: English|French Financial statement for the period 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2011 ITH/12/4.GA/INF.7.2: English|French List of donors having provided voluntary supplementary contributions to the Fund | 2012-06-07 15:19: English|French|Original |
| 8 | Proposals for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/8: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Proposals for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Interface dedicated to the tenth anniversary | 2012-06-08 11:49: English|French|Original |
| 9 | Distribution of seats per electoral group and examination of the issue of an upper limit of seats in the Committee by electoral group Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/9: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Distribution of seats per electoral group and examination of the issue of an upper limit of seats in the Committee by electoral group | 2012-06-08 10:29: English|French|Original 2012-06-08 12:20: English|French|Original |
| 10 | Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Decision: | ITH/12/4.GA/10: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ITH/12/4.GA/INF.10 Rev.6: English|French List of candidate States Parties for election to the Intergovernmental Committee | 2012-06-08 12:29: English|French|Original 2012-06-08 14:08: English|French|Original |
| 11 | Any other business | 2012-06-08 12:41: English|French|Original | |
| 12 | Closure of the session | ITH/12/4.GA/INF.12: soon available Provisional list of participants | 2012-06-08 15:57: English|French|Original |