Decides that all the items that had been proclaimed Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity are to be automatically incorporated into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (hereinafter List) immediately upon the establishment of that List;
Confirms that States whose items proclaimed Masterpieces are incorporated into the List, regardless of whether they are States Parties or States non party to the Convention, enjoy all rights and are subject to all obligations included within the Convention as regards only the items proclaimed Masterpieces referred to above, on the condition that, in case of States non party, they so consent in writing; it being understood that these rights and obligations cannot be invoked or applied separately from each other;
Requests the Director-General to submit to the Committee, at its next session, a document containing proposals for procedural and formal conditions under which States non party to the Convention will be able to exclude their items proclaimed Masterpieces from incorporation into the List, taking into account particularly the relevant provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, as discussed by the Committee at its second ordinary session;
Further decides to adopt, at its next session, the procedural and formal conditions for the implementation of the previous provisions.