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The ninth session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, from Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 July 2022. Over three days, 180 States Parties will gather and discuss a number of issues that are important for the safeguarding of living heritage around the world and the future of the Convention.

The convening of this session of the General Assembly in presentia is subject to the evolving COVID-19 situation. The Secretariat will provide necessary information regarding health measures in line with the host country rules and UNESCO guidance applicable at the time of the meeting.

Documents will be published in the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) on this webpage, in a staggered manner: by 3 June 2022 (for most items on the provisional agenda) and by 17 June 2022 (for two items on the provisional agenda).

Representatives of States Parties and observers are invited to register online.

	Item of the agenda	Documents
1	Opening	LHE/21/16.COM/4: English|French Summary Records of the fifteenth session of the Committee LHE/22/17.COM/4.a: English|French Summary records of the sixteenth session of the Committee LHE/22/9.GA/INF.1: English|French Summary Records of the eighth session of the General Assembly
2	Election of the Bureau	LHE/22/9.GA/2: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
3	Adoption of the agenda	LHE/22/9.GA/3: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese LHE/22/9.GA/INF.3.1: English|French Provisional timetable LHE/22/9.GA/INF.3.2 Rev. 2: English|French Provisional list of documents
4	Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group	LHE/22/9.GA/4: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
5	Report by the Committee to the General Assembly (January 2020 to December 2021)	LHE/22/9.GA/5: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese
6	Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2020 to December 2021)	LHE/22/9.GA/6: soon available
7	Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee	LHE/22/9.GA/7: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese See the 46 accreditation requests : Correspondence on NGO-90481 (updated on 3 June) : Correspondence on NGO-90493 (updated on 3 June)
8	Endorsement of the procedure followed for the inscription of ‘Joumou soup’, submitted by Haiti, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity	LHE/22/9.GA/8: soon available
9	The global reflection on the listing mechanisms of the Convention and proposed revisions to the Operational Directives	LHE/22/9.GA/9: soon available
10	Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund	LHE/22/9.GA/10: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese LHE/22/9.GA/INF.10: English|French Report on the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund for the period 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2021
11	Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage	LHE/22/9.GA/11: English|French|Spanish|Russian|Arabic|Chinese LHE/22/9.GA/INF.11: English|French List of candidate States Parties for election to the Intergovernmental Committee
12	Proposed revisions to the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention	LHE/22/9.GA/12: soon available
13	Proposal for the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Convention in 2023	LHE/22/9.GA/13: soon available
14	Other business
15	Closure

Source: https://ich.unesco.org/en/9ga