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The nineteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 December 2024.

An opening ceremony is scheduled on Sunday, 1 December 2024. The session will be chaired by H.E. Ms Nancy Ovelar de Gorostiaga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Paraguay to UNESCO.

An information and exchange session was held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, on 1 October 2024 (afternoon) to present the working methods of the Committee as well as practical information concerning this session.

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Committee Members

Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Burkina Faso, China, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Malaysia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Paraguay, Slovakia, Spain, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam and Zambia


Bureau of the Committee

Composition & meetings

Agenda and documents

Committee Members wishing to submit amendments are invited to fill in the following form (Amendments) and to send it to ICH-amendments@unesco.org.

 Item of the agendaDocuments
1Opening LHE/24/19.COM/INF.1 Rev.: English|French
General Information  
2Adoption of the agenda LHE/24/19.COM/2: English|French
Adoption of the agenda
LHE/24/19.COM/INF.2.1: English|French
Provisional timetable
LHE/24/19.COM/INF.2.2 Rev.2: English|French
Provisional list of documents  
3Observers LHE/24/19.COM/3 Rev.: English|French
 
4Adoption of the summary records of the eighteenth session of the Committee LHE/24/19.COM/4: English|French
 
5Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January to June 2024) LHE/24/19.COM/5: English|French
 
6.aExamination of the reports by States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding LHE/24/19.COM/6.a: English|French
See the 18 reports 
6.bExamination of the reports of the regional cycle of periodic reporting on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by States Parties in Africa LHE/24/19.COM/6.b: English|French
See the 44 reports 
6.cUpdate on the regional cycles of the Convention’s periodic reporting LHE/24/19.COM/6.c: English|French

LHE/24/19.COM/INF.6.c: English|French
Analytical Report of the first cycle of periodic reporting on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by States Parties in the Arab States 
7Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2024 LHE/24/19.COM/7: English|French

Order of files / Ordre des dossiers: English|French
(Indicative - 1 December 2024) 
7.aExamination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding LHE/24/19.COM/7.a: English|French
See the 2 nominations 
7.bExamination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity LHE/24/19.COM/7.b: English|French
See the 58 nominations and extensions  
7.cExamination of requests for transfer of elements from one list to the other LHE/24/19.COM/7.c: English|French
See the 3 requests 
7.dExamination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices LHE/24/19.COM/7.d: English|French
See the 3 proposals 
8Follow-up on elements inscribed on the Lists of the Convention LHE/24/19.COM/8: English|French
 
9Report on International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund LHE/24/19.COM/9: English|French
 
10Broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention LHE/24/19.COM/10: English|French
 
11Thematic initiatives on living heritage and sustainable development LHE/24/19.COM/11: English|French
 
12Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund: voluntary supplementary contributions and other issues LHE/24/19.COM/12 Rev.: English|French
 
13Report of the non-governmental organizations forum LHE/24/19.COM/13: English|French
 
14Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2025 cycle LHE/24/19.COM/14 Rev.: English|French
 
15Number of files submitted for the 2024 and 2025 cycles and number of files that can be treated in the 2026 and 2027 cycles LHE/24/19.COM/15: English|French
 
16Date and place of the twentieth session of the Committee LHE/24/19.COM/16: English|French
 
17Election of the members of the Bureau of the twentieth session of the Committee LHE/24/19.COM/17: English|French
 
18Other business  
19Adoption of the list of decisions  
20Closure  
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