The Bureau,
- Having examined document ITH/18/13.COMBUR/7;
- Recalling Articles 22 and 23 of the Convention as well as Chapter I.4 of the Operational Directives relating to the eligibility and criteria of International Assistance requests;
- Takes note of the analysis regarding the emerging trends concerning multiple submissions of International Assistance requests by a single country;
- Requests that the Secretariat inscribe an item on the agenda of the thirteenth session of the Committee to discuss the number and amount of assistance requests to be granted to a single country at a given time, with a view to examine ̶ at its fourteenth session if deemed necessary ̶ revisions to the Operational Directives limiting the amount of International Assistance that a single country could be granted from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund through the Bureau.
ANNEX
| Country | Number of Requests | Total Amount  | 
| ALBANIA | 5 | 430 560 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 24 500 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 24 800 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 158 200 | 
| 2018 | 2 | 223 060 | 
| ARGENTINA | 2 | 49 100 | 
| 2012 | 2 | 49 100 | 
| ARMENIA | 3 | 431 422 | 
| 2013 | 2 | 259 150 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 172 272 | 
| BELARUS | 1 | 133 600 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 133 600 | 
| BENIN | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) | 2 | 105 500 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 7 500 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 98 000 | 
| BOTSWANA | 2 | 93 261 | 
| 2015 | 2 | 93 261 | 
| BURKINA FASO | 3 | 654 830 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 262 080 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 24 925 | 
| 2019 | 1 | 367 825 | 
| BURUNDI | 1 | 89 467 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 89 467 | 
| CAMBODIA | 5 | 338 970 | 
| 2011 | 3 | 75 000 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 238 970 | 
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 1 | 170 000 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 170 000 | 
| CHAD | 1 | 84 709 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 84 709 | 
| COLOMBIA | 5 | 768 361 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 120 000 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 424 011 | 
| 2018 | 2 | 199 350 | 
| CÔTE D'IVOIRE | 4 | 335 805 | 
| 2008 | 2 | 11 000 | 
| 2014 | 2 | 324 805 | 
| CUBA | 1 | 65 744 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 65 744 | 
| DJIBOUTI | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 3 | 88 443 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 7 500 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 24 348 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 56 595 | 
| DEMOCRATIC PEOPOLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2 | 237 218 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 139 218 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 98 000 | 
| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | 2 | 103 000 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 13 000 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 90 000 | 
| ECUADOR | 2 | 62 300 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 6 000 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 56 300 | 
| EGYPT | 3 | 330 000 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 5 000 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 300 000 | 
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | 24 995 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 24 995 | 
| ERITREA | 1 | 25 600 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 25 600 | 
| ETHIOPIA | 1 | 5 000 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 5 000 | 
| FIJI | 2 | 49 997 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 24 997 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| FRANCE | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| GABON | 1 | 24 560 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 24 560 | 
| GEORGIA | 1 | 18 210 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 18 210 | 
| GRENADA | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| GUATEMALA | 4 | 105 785 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 8 000 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 48 828 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 24 000 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 24 957 | 
| GUINEA | 1 | 5 000 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 5 000 | 
| HAITI | 1 | 98 970 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 98 970 | 
| HONDURAS | 3 | 30 000 | 
| 2011 | 3 | 30 000 | 
| INDIA | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| JORDAN | 1 | 10 000 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 10 000 | 
| KENYA | 15 | 1 706 228 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 6 000 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 126 580 | 
| 2011 | 4 | 56 589 | 
| 2013 | 4 | 929 515 | 
| 2014 | 2 | 25 000 | 
| 2015 | 2 | 462 544 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 100 000 | 
| KYRGYZSTAN | 1 | 99 950 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 99 950 | 
| LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC | 1 | 99 899 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 99 899 | 
| LATVIA | 1 | 6 000 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 6 000 | 
| LESOTHO | 2 | 49 998 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 24 998 | 
| MADAGASCAR | 1 | 198 619 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 198 619 | 
| MALAWI | 6 | 851 364 | 
| 2011 | 2 | 49 947 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 225 650 | 
| 2015 | 2 | 188 533 | 
| 2019 | 1 | 387 234 | 
| MALI | 3 | 339 807 | 
| 2009 | 2 | 32 500 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 307 307 | 
| MAURITANIA | 3 | 113 900 | 
| 2009 | 2 | 19 600 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 94 300 | 
| MAURITIUS | 2 | 85 468 | 
| 2009 | 2 | 85 468 | 
| MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) | 1 | 23 117 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 23 117 | 
| MONGOLIA | 9 | 537 401 | 
| 2008 | 3 | 12 500 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 24 000 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 107 000 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 24 900 | 
| 2018 | 2 | 197 266 | 
| 2019 | 1 | 171 735 | 
| MOROCCO | 2 | 84 540 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 14 100 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 70 440 | 
| MOZAMBIQUE | 1 | 30 000 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 30 000 | 
| NAMIBIA | 3 | 135 000 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2017 | 2 | 110 000 | 
| NICARAGUA | 1 | 9 695 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 9 695 | 
| NIGER | 2 | 535 724 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 257 829 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 277 895 | 
| NIGERIA | 5 | 299 800 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 24 800 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 95 000 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 95 000 | 
| 2018 | 2 | 85 000 | 
| PAKISTAN | 2 | 138 590 | 
| 2011 | 2 | 138 590 | 
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 2 | 38 850 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 15 000 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 23 850 | 
| PERU | 4 | 368 390 | 
| 2013 | 4 | 368 390 | 
| PHILIPPINES | 1 | 7 393 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 7 393 | 
| POLAND | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 1 | 60 500 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 60 500 | 
| SENEGAL | 3 | 202 692 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 80 789 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 22 014 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 99 889 | 
| SEYCHELLES | 2 | 99 862 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 9 862 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 90 000 | 
| SRI LANKA | 1 | 5 258 025 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 5 258 025 | 
| SUDAN | 3 | 386 647 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 12 167 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 200 000 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 174 480 | 
| SWAZILAND | 1 | 54 028 | 
| 2018 | 1 | 54 028 | 
| SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC | 3 | 51 175 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2011 | 2 | 26 175 | 
| TAJIKISTAN | 1 | 44 500 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 44 500 | 
| TOGO | 3 | 149 610 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 24 770 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 24 950 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 99 890 | 
| TONGA | 1 | 85 912 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 85 912 | 
| UGANDA | 10 | 849 299 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 46 617 | 
| 2011 | 2 | 224 570 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 10 000 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 24 990 | 
| 2016 | 2 | 329 792 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 65 000 | 
| 2018 | 2 | 148 330 | 
| UKRAINE | 2 | 33 500 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 5 000 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 28 500 | 
| UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2014 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| URUGUAY | 3 | 339 153 | 
| 2010 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 186 875 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 127 278 | 
| VANUATU | 1 | 23 908 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 23 908 | 
| VIETNAM | 5 | 85 981 | 
| 2008 | 1 | 6 000 | 
| 2009 | 1 | 6 000 | 
| 2010 | 3 | 73 981 | 
| YEMEN | 1 | 77 760 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 77 760 | 
| ZAMBIA | 13 | 766 722 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 25 000 | 
| 2012 | 1 | 24 000 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 110 000 | 
| 2015 | 7 | 174 852 | 
| 2017 | 3 | 432 870 | 
| ZIMBABWE | 12 | 861 033 | 
| 2010 | 3 | 62 000 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 22 622 | 
| 2015 | 1 | 94 725 | 
| 2016 | 4 | 397 693 | 
| 2017 | 3 | 283 993 | 
| GRAND TOTAL | 206 | 20 235 447 |