Ninth session of the General Assembly
Ninth session of the General Assembly
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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 will be held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, from Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 June 2024. Over three days, States Parties will gather to discuss issues that are important for the safeguarding of living heritage around the world and the future of the Convention.

These will include 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.

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Documents are published in the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) on this webpage.

Agenda and documents

 Item of the agendaDocuments
1Opening LHE/24/19.COM/4: English in preparation|French in preparation
Summary records of the eighteenth session of the Committee
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 
2Election of the Bureau LHE/24/10.GA/2: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
3Adoption of the agenda LHE/24/10.GA/3 Rev.: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese

LHE/24/10.GA/INF.3.1: English|French
Provisional timetable
LHE/24/10.GA/INF.3.2: English|French
Provisional list of documents 
4Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group LHE/24/10.GA/4: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
5Report by the Committee to the General Assembly (January 2022 to December 2023) LHE/24/10.GA/5: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
6Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2022 to December 2023) LHE/24/10.GA/6: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
7Proposed revisions to the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention LHE/24/10.GA/7: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
8Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund LHE/24/10.GA/8: English in preparation|French in preparation|Spanish in preparation|Russian in preparation|Arabic in preparation|Chinese in preparation

LHE/24/10.GA/INF.8: English in preparation|French in preparation
Report on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund for the period 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2023 
9Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee LHE/24/10.GA/9: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
See the 73 accreditation requests 
10Report on the twentieth anniversary of the 2003 Convention in 2023 LHE/24/10.GA/10: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
11Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage LHE/24/10.GA/11: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese

LHE/24/10.GA/INF.11: English|French
List of candidate States Parties for election to the Intergovernmental Committee and situation of States Parties continuing Members of the Intergovernmental Committee 
12Other business  
13Closure  
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