Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
The General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage adopted, at its third session from 22 to 24 June 2010, amendments and new chapters to the Operational Directives (soon available). The updated version of the Basic Texts of the 2003 Convention will soon be published in six official languages of UNESCO and will be widely distributed. The Assembly also elected new members to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Committee will meet at its fifth session in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2010.
- Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, and Toshiyuki Kono, President of the third General Assembly
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Celebrating the opening of the Assembly, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section launched the Arabic version of its website.
During the Assembly session, many States Parties reiterated their strong support for strengthening capacity-building activities all over the world. Massive efforts are being mobilized at UNESCO Headquarters and Field Offices to strengthen national capacities in such areas as safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, inventorying ICH and elaborating nominations and international assistance requests.
Just published
UNESCO is proud to launch this much-awaited series of publications devoted to three key components of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage:
- the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding,
- the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and
- the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.