Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 20.COM 2

The Committee,

  1. Having examined document LHE/25/20.COM/2,
  2. Adopts the agenda of its twentieth session (New Delhi, Republic of India, 8 to 13 December 2025) as follows:

Agenda

  1. Opening
  2. Adoption of the agenda
  3. Observers
  4. Adoption of the summary records of the nineteenth session of the Committee
  5. Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2024 to June 2025)
  6. Periodic reporting
    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
    1. Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
    2. Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
    3. Examination of requests for transfer of elements from one list to the other
    4. Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
  8. Treatment of files for the listing mechanisms of the Convention
  9. Follow-up on elements inscribed on the Lists of the Convention
  10. Report on International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
  11. Broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention
  12. Thematic initiatives on living heritage and sustainable development
  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
  16. Accreditation of new non-governmental organizations and review of accredited non-governmental organizations
  17. Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2026 cycle
  18. Date and place of the twenty-first session of the Committee
  19. Election of the members of the Bureau of the twenty-first session of the Committee
  20. Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (January 2024 to December 2025)
  21. Other business
  22. Adoption of the list of decisions
  23. Closure

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