Nineteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - intangible heritage - Culture Sector

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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.

An opening ceremony is scheduled on Sunday, 1 December 2024. The session will be chaired by H.E. Ms Nancy Ovelar de Gorostiaga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Paraguay to UNESCO.

An information and exchange session was held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, on 1 October 2024 (afternoon) to present the working methods of the Committee as well as practical information concerning this session.

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Committee Members

Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Burkina Faso, China, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Malaysia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Paraguay, Slovakia, Spain, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam and Zambia

Bureau of the Committee

Composition & meetings

Agenda and documents

Committee Members wishing to submit amendments are invited to fill in the following form (Amendments) and to send it to ICH-amendments@unesco.org.

	Item of the agenda	Documents	Recordings*
1	Opening	LHE/24/19.COM/INF.1 Rev.: English\|French General Information	2024-12-02 13:32: English\|French\|VO(Video)
2	Adoption of the agenda	LHE/24/19.COM/2: English\|French Adoption of the agenda LHE/24/19.COM/INF.2.1 Rev.: English\|French Provisional timetable LHE/24/19.COM/INF.2.2 Rev.3: English\|French Provisional list of documents	2024-12-02 14:45: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
3	Observers	LHE/24/19.COM/3 Rev.: English\|French	2024-12-02 14:47: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
4	Adoption of the summary records of the eighteenth session of the Committee	LHE/24/19.COM/4: English\|French	2024-12-02 14:51: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
5	Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January to June 2024)	LHE/24/19.COM/5: English\|French	2024-12-02 15:02: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video) 2024-12-02 18:05: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
6.a	Examination of the reports by States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding	LHE/24/19.COM/6.a: English\|French See the 18 reports	2024-12-02 20:44: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video) 2024-12-03 13:52: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
6.b	Examination of the reports of the regional cycle of periodic reporting on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by States Parties in Africa	LHE/24/19.COM/6.b: English\|French See the 44 reports	2024-12-03 13:58: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
6.c	Update on the regional cycles of the Convention’s periodic reporting	LHE/24/19.COM/6.c: English\|French LHE/24/19.COM/INF.6.c: English\|French Analytical Report of the first cycle of periodic reporting on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by States Parties in the Arab States	2024-12-03 14:29: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
7	Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2024	LHE/24/19.COM/7: English\|French Certificate Ceremony / Ceremonie des Certificats: English/French (Indicative - 4 December 2024) Order of files / Ordre des dossiers: English\|French (Indicative - 4 December 2024)	2024-12-03 14:52: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
7.a	Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding	LHE/24/19.COM/7.a: English\|French See the 2 nominations	2024-12-03 17:40: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
7.b	Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity	LHE/24/19.COM/7.b: English\|French See the 58 nominations and extensions	2024-12-03 18:00: English in preparation\|French in preparation\|VO(Video)
7.c	Examination of requests for transfer of elements from one list to the other	LHE/24/19.COM/7.c: English\|French See the 3 requests
7.d	Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices	LHE/24/19.COM/7.d: English\|French See the 3 proposals
8	Follow-up on elements inscribed on the Lists of the Convention	LHE/24/19.COM/8: English\|French
9	Report on International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund	LHE/24/19.COM/9: English\|French
10	Broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention	LHE/24/19.COM/10: English\|French
11	Thematic initiatives on living heritage and sustainable development	LHE/24/19.COM/11: English\|French
12	Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund: voluntary supplementary contributions and other issues	LHE/24/19.COM/12 Rev.: English\|French
13	Report of the non-governmental organizations forum	LHE/24/19.COM/13: English\|French
14	Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2025 cycle	LHE/24/19.COM/14 Rev.: English\|French
15	Number of files submitted for the 2024 and 2025 cycles and number of files that can be treated in the 2026 and 2027 cycles	LHE/24/19.COM/15: English\|French
16	Date and place of the twentieth session of the Committee	LHE/24/19.COM/16: English\|French
17	Election of the members of the Bureau of the twentieth session of the Committee	LHE/24/19.COM/17: English\|French
18	Other business
19	Adoption of the list of decisions
20	Closure