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The seventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage took place at UNESCO headquarters, Paris, from Monday 4 to Wednesday 6 June 2018. Over the three days,177 States Parties discussed a number of issues that are important for the safeguarding of living heritage around the world.
In the margin of this Assembly, aseries of side-events was organized by the Secretariat under the global theme of ‘Tell your #living heritage story’. They exhibited the richness of living heritage today and provided a platform for discourse and experience-sharing among the different actors involved in safeguarding, including the States, NGOs, youth and community members.
Resolutions
Bureau
- Chairperson: H. E. Mrs Vincenza Lomonaco (Italy)
- Vice-Chairs: Serbia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Gambia
- Rapporteur: Mr Waleed Alsaif (Kuwait)
Agenda and documents
| Item of the agenda | Documents | Recordings* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening | ITH/18/7.GA/INF.1:English|French Summary records of the sixth session of the General Assembly | 2018-06-04 10:10: English|French|Original |
| 2 | Election of the Bureau Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/2:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-04 10:40: English|French|Original |
| 3 | Adoption of the agenda Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/3:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese ITH/18/7.GA/INF.3.1 Rev.:English|French Provisional timetable ITH/18/7.GA/INF.3.2 Rev.8:English|French Provisional list of documents | 2018-06-04 10:50: English|French|Original |
| 4 | Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/4:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-04 11:15: English|French|Original |
| 5 | Report of the Committee to the General Assembly Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/5:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-04 11:25: English|French|Original |
| 6 | Report of the informal ad hoc working group of the Committee to the General Assembly Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/6:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-04 12:05: English|French|Original 2018-06-04 15:05: English|French|Original |
| 7 | Report of the Secretariat on its activities Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/7:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese ITH/18/7.GA/INF.7:English|French Information on communication and outreach for the 2003 Convention | 2018-06-04 15:33: English|French|Original |
| 8 | Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/8:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese ITH/18/7.GA/INF.8:English|French Financial statement for the period 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2017 | 2018-06-05 10:05: English|French|Original |
| 9 | Draft overall results framework Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/9:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-05 12:25: English|French|Original 2018-06-05 15:00: English|French|Original |
| 10 | Revision of the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/10 Rev.:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese ITH/17/12.COM/4:English|French Summary records of the eleventh session of the Committee ITH/18/13.COM/4:English|French Summary records of the twelfth session of the Committee | 2018-06-05 15:55: English|French|Original |
| 11 | Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/11:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-05 17:00: English|French|Original |
| 12 | Follow-up on implementation of the relevant recommendations of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Governance, Procedures and Working Methods of the Governing Bodies of UNESCO (Resolution 39 C/87) Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/12:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-06 11:00: English|French|Original 2018-06-06 11:57: English|French|Original |
| 13 | Revision of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/13:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese | 2018-06-06 11:29: English|French|Original |
| 14 | Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Decision: | ITH/18/7.GA/14:English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese ITH/18/7.GA/INF.14 Rev.9:English|French List of candidate States Parties for election to the Intergovernmental Committee | 2018-06-06 10:00: English|French|Original 2018-06-06 12:45: English|French|Original |
| 15 | Other business | 2018-06-06 12:55 | |
| 16 | Closure | 2018-06-06 12:56: English|French|Original |
*The interpretation of proceedings serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic record of the proceedings. Only the original speech is authentic.