The Committee convened its third extraordinary session on 16 June 2008 at UNESCO headquarters to receive the recommendations of the subsidiary body that oversaw an international design competition for the creation of an emblem. The Committee then submitted the designs of seven finalists to the General Assembly (meeting in its second session, 16 to 19 June 2008), which proceeded to select the design by Mr Dragutan Dado Kovačević of Croatia on 19 June 2008. The submissions of Petra Sutila of Slovenia and Michelangelo Camardo of Italy were selected as first and second runner-up, respectively.
Committee Members during the third extraordinary session
Argelia, Belarrús, Bélgica, Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de), Brasil, Bulgaria, China, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Estonia, Francia, Gabón, Hungría, India, Japón, Malí, México, Nigeria, Perú, República Árabe Siria, República Centroafricana, Rumania, Senegal, Turquía y Viet Nam
Members of the Bureau of the third extraordinary session of the Committee
- Chairperson: H.E. Mr Faruk Loğoğlu (Turkey)
- Vice-Chairs: Hungary, India, Mexico and United Arab Emirates
- Rapporteur: Mr Francisco Javier López Morales (Mexico)
Decisions
- Decisions adopted: inglés|francés
- Summary records: inglés|francés (approved during the third session in Istanbul)
Working documents of the third extraordinary session
- Seven emblem proposals preselected by the subsidiary body
ITH/08/3.EXT.COM/CONF.206/INF.1: inglés|francés - Election of the Members of the Bureau of the third extraordinary session of the Committee
ITH/08/3.EXT.COM/CONF.206/2: inglés|francés - Adoption of the Agenda
ITH/08/3.EXT.COM/CONF.206/3: inglés|francés - Possible selection of an emblem of the Convention
ITH/08/3.EXT.COM/CONF.206/4: inglés|francés