Twentieth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

The twentieth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place from Monday 8 to Saturday 13 December 2025 in New Delhi, India. The session will be chaired by H.E. Mr Vishal V. Sharma, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of India to UNESCO.

An information and exchange meeting took place at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, on 23 October 2025 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

	Item of the agenda	Documents
1	Opening	LHE/25/20.COM/INF.1: English|French General Information
2	Adoption of the agenda	LHE/25/20.COM/2: English|French Adoption of the agenda LHE/25/20.COM/INF.2.1: English|French Provisional timetable LHE/25/20.COM/INF.2.2: English|French Provisional list of documents
3	Observers	LHE/25/20.COM/3: English|French
4	Adoption of the summary records of the nineteenth session of the Committee	LHE/25/20.COM/4: English|French
5	Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2024 to June 2025)	LHE/25/20.COM/5: English|French
6.a	Examination 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/25/20.COM/6.a: English|French See the 8 reports
6.b	Examination 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 Asia and the Pacific	LHE/25/20.COM/6.b: English|French See the 38 reports
6.c	Update on the regional cycles of the Convention’s periodic reporting and proposal for related amendments to the Operational Directives
7	Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2025	LHE/25/20.COM/7: English|French
7.a	Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding	LHE/25/20.COM/7.a: English|French See the 11 nominations
7.b	Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity	LHE/25/20.COM/7.b: English|French See the 54 nominations
7.c	Examination of requests for transfer of elements from one list to the other	LHE/25/20.COM/7.c: English|French See the 2 requests
7.d	Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices	LHE/25/20.COM/7.d: English|French See the proposal
8	Treatment of files for the listing mechanisms of the Convention
9	Follow-up on elements inscribed on the Lists of the Convention	LHE/25/20.COM/9: English|French
10	Report on International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund	LHE/25/20.COM/10: English|French
11	Broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention	LHE/25/20.COM/11: English|French
12	Thematic initiatives on living heritage and sustainable development	LHE/25/20.COM/12: English|French
13	Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund: voluntary supplementary contributions and other issues
14	Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund in 2026 and 2027
15	Report of the non-governmental organizations forum	LHE/25/20.COM/15: English|French
16	Accreditation of new non-governmental organizations and review of accredited non-governmental organizations
17	Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2026 cycle	LHE/25/20.COM/17: English|French
18	Date and place of the twenty-first session of the Committee	LHE/25/20.COM/18: English|French
19	Election of the members of the Bureau of the twenty-first session of the Committee	LHE/25/20.COM/19: English|French
20	Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (January 2024 to December 2025)	LHE/25/20.COM/20: English|French
21	Other business
22	Adoption of the list of decisions
23	Closure