The Committee,
- Recalling Article 17 of the Convention;
- Further recalling chapter 1 of the Operational Directives concerning the inscription on the Urgent Safeguarding List and its Decision 3.COM 10;
- Having examined document ITH/09/4.COM/CONF.209/16 and its annex;
- Appoints the following as examiners for the Urgent Safeguarding List nominations for 2010:
China: The watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks (file number 00321)
Examiner 1: Goa Heritage Action Group, India
Examiner 2: Hans Konrad Van Tilburg, United States of America
Alternate: International Council on Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS, France
China: Wooden movable-type printing of China (file number 00322)
Examiner 1: Craft Revival Trust – CRT, India
Examiner 2: Saint-Petersburg Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Federation
Alternate: Michela Bussotti, France
Croatia: Ojkanje singing (file number 00320)
Examiner 1: Association of the European Folklore Institute – EFI, Hungary
Examiner 2: Rusudan Tsurtsumia, Georgia
Alternate: International Council for Traditional Music – ICTM, Australia
Mexico: La Maroma or peasant circus (file number 00316)
Examiner 1: Associação dos Amigos da Arte Popular Brasileira/ Museu Casa do Pontal / Association of Friends of Brazilian Folk Art / Casa do Pontal Museum, Brazil
Examiner 2: American Folklore Society, United States of America
Alternate: Plas Wichès Folklo / Folk Research Center – FRC, Saint Lucia
Mexico: The Yúmare of the O’oba (Lower Pimas) and their oral tradition
(file number 00317)
Examiner 1: Marleen Haboud, Ecuador
Examiner 2: Fundación Erigaie / Erigaie Foundation, Colombia
Alternate: Centro UNESCO de Melilla, Spain