Event

Information meeting on the 2003 Convention and the second General Assembly

Date
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Location(s)
Paris
Country
France
Type
Information meeting

An information meeting for the States Parties to the Convention will be held on Monday 2 June 2008 from 15.30 to 18.00 in Room XI (Fontenoy) in preparation for the second session of the General Assembly.

The purpose of this meeting opened by the Director-General is to present the principal activities and decisions of the four sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage organized since the first session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention in June 2006. Member States of UNESCO not party to the Convention and Observer delegations are cordially invited to attend to this information meeting as observers.

  • Background notes (English|French)
  • Speech of Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO (English)

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