Tenth session of the General Assembly
Tenth session of the General Assembly
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The eleventh 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 Wednesday 17 to Thursday 18 June 2026. During these two days, the 185 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 periodic reporting mechanisms of the Convention and a 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.

States Parties and other stakeholders wishing to organize events in conjunction with this session of the General Assembly are kindly requested to contact directly the relevant services of the Organization (see the webpage for further information or write to: reservations@unesco.org).

Registration form (INDICO)

Agenda and documents

Amendments

States Parties wishing to submit amendments are invited to fill out the following form (English|French) and to send it to: ich-amendments@unesco.org.

 Item of the agendaDocuments
1Opening LHE/26/11.GA/INF.1: English|French
Summary records of the tenth session of the General Assembly
LHE/25/20.COM/4: English|French
Summary records of the nineteenth session of the Committee
LHE/26/21.COM/4: English|French
Summary records of the twentieth session of the Committee 
2Election of the Bureau LHE/26/11.GA/2: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
3Adoption of the agenda LHE/26/11.GA/3: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese

LHE/26/11.GA/INF.3.1: English|French
Provisional timetable
LHE/26/11.GA/INF.3.2 Rev.2: English|French
Provisional list of documents 
4Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group LHE/26/11.GA/4: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
5Report by the Committee to the General Assembly (January 2024 to December 2025) LHE/26/11.GA/5: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
6Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2024 to December 2025) LHE/26/11.GA/6: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
7Proposed revisions to the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention LHE/26/11.GA/7: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
 
8Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund LHE/26/11.GA/8: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese

LHE/26/11.GA/INF.8: English|French
Report on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund for the period 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2025 
9Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee LHE/26/11.GA/9: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
See the 96 accreditation requests 
10Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage LHE/26/11.GA/10: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese

LHE/26/11.GA/INF.10 Rev.2: English|French
List of candidate States Parties for election to the Intergovernmental Committee and situation of States Parties continuing Members of the Intergovernmental Committee 
11Other business  
12Closure  

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