Eleventh session of the General Assembly - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

The eleventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, from Wednesday 17 to Thursday 18 June 2026. During these two days, the 185 States Parties gathered to discuss issues that are important for the safeguarding of living heritage around the world and the future of the Convention.

These included 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.

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Agenda and documents

	Item of the agenda	Documents	Recordings*
1	Opening	LHE/26/11.GA/INF.1 Rev.: 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	2026-06-17 09:30: VO(Video)
2	Election of the Bureau	LHE/26/11.GA/2: English\|French\|Spanish\|Russian\|Arabic\|Chinese	2026-06-17 09:47: VO(Video)
3	Adoption of the agenda	LHE/26/11.GA/3: English\|French\|Spanish\|Russian\|Arabic\|Chinese LHE/26/11.GA/INF.3.1 Rev.2: English\|French Provisional timetable LHE/26/11.GA/INF.3.2 Rev.4: English\|French Provisional list of documents	2026-06-17 10:01: VO(Video)
4	Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group	LHE/26/11.GA/4: English\|French\|Spanish\|Russian\|Arabic\|Chinese	2026-06-17 10:15
5	Report by the Committee to the General Assembly (January 2024 to December 2025)	LHE/26/11.GA/5: English\|French\|Spanish\|Russian\|Arabic\|Chinese	2026-06-17 10:21
6	Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2024 to December 2025)	LHE/26/11.GA/6: English\|French\|Spanish\|Russian\|Arabic\|Chinese	2026-06-17 11:22 2026-06-17 14:32 2026-06-18 09:36 2026-06-18 16:06
7	Proposed revisions to the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention	LHE/26/11.GA/7: English\|French\|Spanish\|Russian\|Arabic\|Chinese	2026-06-18 11:11 2026-06-18 14:35
8	Use 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	2026-06-18 16:09
9	Accreditation 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	2026-06-18 16:51
10	Election 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	2026-06-17 11:08 2026-06-17 17:26 2026-06-18 11:05
11	Other business		2026-06-18 17:37
12	Closure		2026-06-18 17:38