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The nineteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will take place in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 December 2024.
H.E. Ms Nancy Ovelar de Gorostiaga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Paraguay to UNESCO, will chair this annual gathering which will be attended by representatives of States Parties, non-governmental organizations, cultural institutions, and other stakeholders from across the globe.
The Committee will evaluate nominations submitted by States Parties for inscription on the Lists of the Convention: 58 elements for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 3 transfers for transfer of elements from one list to the other, 2 elements for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 3 proposals for the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.
Press conference
A press conference open to accredited media will be held on site on Monday 2 December at 12.45 pm (Asunción time).
The press briefing will be attended by:
- H.E. Ms Nancy Ovelar de Gorostiaga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Paraguay to UNESCO
- H.E. Ms Adriana Ortiz, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Paraguay
- Mr Ernesto Ottone R., Assistant-Director General for Culture
Journalists accreditation: please register online ahead of the press conference.
Contact for press
- Ms Monia Adjiwanou - m.adjiwanou@unesco.org
Press kit
A press kit containing summaries of the elements that will be discussed and examined, including descriptions, recommandations of the Evaluation Body, contact details, and videos and photos of the elements as submitted is available here: forthcoming.
Timetable
The provisional timetable is available online.
Working documents
The working documents are available online.
Calendar of events
A calendar of events is available online.
FAQ
- Article UNESCO’s Quest to Save the World’s Intangible Heritage, March 2024, The New Yorker.
- Podcast ‘The stuff of life’: from the ‘coaxing ritual for camels of Mongolia’ to the ‘Bigwala music and dance of Uganda’, the podcast focuses on Living Heritage and UNESCO’s efforts to safeguard it for the future.
Webcast
The webcast links can be found here.
Files 2024 under examination
Consult the complete nomination/proposal/request files (forms, supporting documents, photos and videos) as submitted by the States here.
The list of inscribed elements will be updated from the following page: https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists
UNESCO and social media
Twitter for inscriptions
- English: @unesco, #intangibleheritage #livingheritage
- French: @unesco_fr, #patrimoineimmatériel #patrimoinevivant
- Spanish: @unesco_es #patrimonioculturalinmaterial #pci
- Russian: @unesco_russian
- Arabic: @unescoarabic
- Portuguese @unescobrasil
- English: UNESCO
- French: UNESCOfr
- Spanish: UNESCOes
- Russian: UNESCOrussian
- Arabic: UNESCOar
- Portuguese: UNESCObrasil