The Committee,

1. Having examined document LHE/24/19.COM/6.a,
2. Recalling Chapter V of the Operational Directives and its Decisions 6.COM 8.13, 13.COM 7.b.10 and 16.COM 7.a.16,
3. Expresses its appreciation to Mauritania for submitting, on time, its third report on the status of the element ‘Moorish epic T’heydinn’, inscribed in 2011 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding;
4. Takes note of the efforts undertaken by the State Party to safeguard the element, in particular by continuing its inventorying, strengthening its transmission, engaging youth in training on the element, providing space and opportunities for the performance of the element, and promoting it to the general public, and further takes note of the enhanced institutional framework for the implementation of safeguarding activities;
5. Invites the State Party to sustain the transmission of the element by training young griots, to support the organization of its performances, to address in its safeguarding efforts the identified risk of the absence of the element from school curricula, and to develop income-generating activities for its bearers;
6. Encourages the State Party to pursue its efforts to document and promote the element, and recalls the importance of paying due attention to obtaining the free, prior and informed consent of the communities, groups and individuals concerned for the documentation of the element and for the dissemination of the documentation;
7. Notes that International Assistance was provided in 2021 to safeguard the element, and further encourages the State Party to continue its fundraising efforts and to develop synergies among various funding sources, with due consideration to balance the funding planned for the transmission of the element through training and other safeguarding expenditures, and to provide information on the funding sources and expenditures in its next report.