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The tenth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, from Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 June 2024. Over two days, States Parties gathered to discuss issues that are important for the safeguarding of living heritage around the world and the future of the Convention.
These included notably the reflection on a broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention and proposal for related amendments to the Operational Directives, the Plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund and the accreditation of non-governmental organizations, as well as the election of the new Committee members.
Documents are published in the six official languages of the General Assembly (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) on this webpage.
Resolutions
Bureau
- Chairperson: H.E. Mr Mariusz Lewicki (Poland)
- Vice-Chairs: Luxembourg, El Salvador, Viet Nam, Ethiopia and Morocco
- Rapporteur: Mr Souleymane Konate (Mali)
Agenda and documents
| Item of the agenda | Documents | Recordings* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening | LHE/24/19.COM/4: English|French LHE/23/18.COM/4: English|French Summary records of the seventeenth session of the Committee LHE/24/10.GA/INF.1: English|French Summary records of the ninth session of the General Assembly | 2024-06-11 09:47: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 2 | Election of the Bureau Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/2: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2024-06-11 09:58: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 3 | Adoption of the agenda Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/3 Rev.: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese LHE/24/10.GA/INF.3.1 Rev.: English|French Provisional timetable LHE/24/10.GA/INF.3.2 Rev.7: English|French Provisional list of documents | 2024-06-11 10:13: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 4 | Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/4: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2024-06-11 10:21: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 5 | Report by the Committee to the General Assembly (January 2022 to December 2023) Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/5: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2024-06-11 10:27: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 6 | Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2022 to December 2023) Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/6: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2024-06-11 12:10: English|French|VO(Video) 2024-06-11 14:42: English|French|VO(Video) 2024-06-12 09:41: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 7 | Proposed revisions to the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/7: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2024-06-12 12:14: English|French|VO(Video) 2024-06-12 14:43: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 8 | Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/8: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese LHE/24/10.GA/INF.8: English|French Report on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund for the period 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2023 | 2024-06-12 15:48: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 9 | Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee Decisions: | LHE/24/10.GA/9+Add.: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese See the 73 accreditation requests | 2024-06-12 16:20: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 10 | Report on the twentieth anniversary of the 2003 Convention in 2023 Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/10: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2024-06-12 16:54: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 11 | Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Decision: | LHE/24/10.GA/11: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese LHE/24/10.GA/INF.11 Rev.7: English|French List of candidate States Parties for election to the Intergovernmental Committee and situation of States Parties continuing Members of the Intergovernmental Committee | 2024-06-11 12:00: English|French|VO(Video) |
| 12 | Other business | 2024-06-12 17:30: English|French|VO(Video) | |
| 13 | Closure | 2024-06-12 17:31: English|French|VO(Video) |