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Permanent Delegations of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 17 April 2026 Culture Sector The Assistant Director-General a.i. Ref.: CLT/LHE/26/48 Subject: Eleventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 17 to 18 June 2026) Dear Permanent Delegate, On behalf of the Director-General, I have the honour of inviting your country to the eleventh session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which will take place at UNESCO Headquarters (7, place de Fontenoy, Paris, Room I) from 17 to 18 June 2026. Please find enclosed the provisional agenda for the session. Documents corresponding to items inscribed on this agenda will be published in the six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) on the dedicated webpage of the Convention (https://ich.unesco.org/en/11ga) by 18 May 2026. Simultaneous interpretation of the debates will be provided in all six languages and will be broadcasted live on the dedicated webpage of the Convention. Out of concern for the environment and in order to reduce costs, printed copies of the documents will not be provided. If you are unable to download the documents, you are kindly invited to contact the Secretariat of the Convention at [email protected]. During the lunch break on 18 June 2026, an information and exchange meeting will be convened by the Secretariat on the capacity-building approaches under the 2003 Convention, with particular attention to the global network of facilitators. Unlike in recent sessions, the Secretariat will not coordinate specific side events – States Parties wishing to organize events in conjunction with the session of the General Assembly are kindly requested to contact directly the relevant services of the Organization (see the webpage for further information). …/… United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France T: +33 (0)1 45 68 01 78 All travel and subsistence expenses of participants to the General Assembly session will be covered by the government they represent. I would be grateful if you could confirm your country’s participation by registering online as soon as possible on the Convention’s dedicated webpage at https://ich.unesco.org/en/11ga. Should you encounter technical difficulties, kindly send an e-mail to the Secretariat at the above-mentioned e-mail address. Yours sincerely, Lazare Eloundou Assomo Enc.: Provisional agenda of the eleventh session of the General Assembly (Document LHE/26/11.GA/3) cc: National Commissions concerned 2/2 11 GA LHE/26/11.GA/3 Paris, 17 April 2026 Original: English CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION Eleventh session UNESCO Headquarters, Room I 17 to 18 June 2026 Item 3 of the provisional agenda: Adoption of the agenda Decision required: paragraph 1 LHE/26/11.GA/3 – page 2 1. The General Assembly may wish to adopt the following resolution: DRAFT RESOLUTION 11.GA 3 The General Assembly, 1. Having examined document LHE/26/11.GA/3, 2. Adopts the agenda of its eleventh session (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, 17 to 18 June 2026) as follows, Agenda 1. Opening 2. Election of the Bureau 3. Adoption of the agenda 4. Distribution of seats in the Committee per electoral group 5. Report by the Committee to the General Assembly (January 2024 to December 2025) 6. Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2024 to December 2025) 7. Proposed revisions to the Operational Directives for the implementation of the Convention 8. Use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund 9. Accreditation of non-governmental organizations to act in an advisory capacity to the Committee 10. Election of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 11. Other business 12. Closure