In addition to its six authoritative texts (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), the 2003 Convention has been translated, officially or unofficially, into many other languages. Please send your remarks, comments or additional versions (if possible, official texts) by e-mail to: ich@unesco.org.
- Albanian
- Arabic - authoritative text
- Armenian
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Chichewa
- Chinese - authoritative text
- Croatian
- Czech
- Dutch
- English - authoritative text
- Estonian
- French - authoritative text
- Galician
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kiswahili
- Laothian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Luganda
- Mongolian
- Persian
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian - authoritative text
- Slovak
- Spanish - authoritative text
- Tajik
- Tigrinya
- Turkish
- Uzbek
- Vietnamese
Albanian
- Convention title
- KONVENTË PËR RUAJTJEN E TRASHËGIMISË KULTURORE JOMATERIALE
- Convention text
- Provided by the Academy of Sciences of Albania: PDF
Arabic - authoritative text
- Convention title
- اتفاقية بشأن حماية التراث الثقافي غير المادي
- Convention text
- The Arabic text of the Convention is one of six authoritative texts: PDF
Armenian
- Convention title
- ԿՈՆՎԵՆՑԻԱ ՈՉ ՆՅՈՒԹԱԿԱՆ ՄՇԱԿՈՒԹԱՅԻՆ ԺԱՌԱՆԳՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՊԱՇՏՊԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՄԱՍԻՆ
- Convention text
- Provided by the Armenian commission for UNESCO: PDF
Bulgarian
- Convention title
- КОНВЕНЦИЯ ЗА ОПАЗВАНЕ НА НЕМАТЕРИАЛНОТО КУЛТУРНО НАСЛЕДСТВО
- Convention text
- Provided by the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to UNESCO: PDF
Catalan
- Convention title
- CONVENCIÓ PER A LA SALVAGUARDA DEL PATRIMONI CULTURAL IMMATERIAL
- Convention text
- Provided by the UNESCO Center of Catalonia: PDF
Chichewa
- Convention title
- Pangano la Kuteteza kwa Chikhalidwe Chosakhudzika Chotengera kwa Makolo
- Convention text
- Provided by the Malawi National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Chinese - authoritative text
- Convention title
- 保护非物质文化遗产 公 约
- Convention text
- The Chinese text of the Convention is one of six authoritative texts: PDF
Croatian
- Convention title
- KONVENCIJA O ZAŠTITI NEMATERIJALNE KULTURNE BAŠTINE
- Convention text : Provided by the Croatian Commission for UNESCO
Czech
- Convention title
- ÚMLUVA O ZACHOVANI NEMATERIALNIHO KULTURNIHO DEDICTVI
- Convention text
- Provided by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic: PDF
Dutch
- Convention title
- VERDRAG INZAKE/CONVENTIE BETREFFENDE DE BESCHERMING VAN HET IMMATERIEEL CULTUREEL ERFGOED
- Convention text
- Translation by the Vlaams Centrum voor Volkscultuur: PDF
Official translation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands: PDF
English - authoritative text
- Convention title
- CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Convention text
- The English text of the Convention is one of six authoritative texts: PDF
Estonian
- Convention title
- VAIMSE KULTUURIPÄRANDI KAITSE KONVENTSIOON
- Convention text
- Official translation by Mari Vaus from Estonian Legal Language Centre: PDF
French - authoritative text
- Convention title
- CONVENTION POUR LA SAUVEGUARDE DU PATRIMOINE CULTUREL IMMATÉRIEL
- Convention text
- The French text of the Convention is one of six authoritative texts: PDF
Galician
- Convention title
- CONVENCIÓN PARA A SALVAGARDA DO PATRIMONIO CULTURAL INMATERIAL
- Convention text
- Translation by the University of Vigo: PDF
German
- Convention title
- ÜBEREINKOMMEN ZUR ERHALTUNG DES IMMATERIELLEN KULTURERBES
- Convention text
- Translation by the National Commission of Luxembourg for the cooperation with UNESCO: PDF
Translation provided by the German Federal Foreign Office: PDF
Hungarian
- Convention title
- EGYEZMÉNY A SZELLEMI KULTURÁLIS ÖRÖKSÉG VÉDELMÉRÕL
- Convention text
- The translation was made by the National Commission which is part of the Ministry of Education and Culture: PDF
Italian
- Convention title
- CONVENZIONE PER LA SALVAGUARDIA DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE INMATERIALE
- Convention text
- As provided online by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Japanese
- Convention title
- 無形文化遺産の保護に関する条約
- Convention text
- As provided on-line by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: PDF
Kiswahili
- Convention title
- MAAFIKIANO YA KULINDA TURATHI ZA TAMADUNI ZISIZOGUSIKA
- Convention text
- Translated by the Panel of Kiswahili experts convened by the Department of Culture, Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture, Republic of Kenya: PDF
Laothian
- Convention title
- ¦öêò¦ñ¨¾¸È¾©É¸¨¡¾º½÷ìñ¡»ñ¡¦¾´ð콩ö¡¸ñ©ê½½ê¿ê†®ÒÀ¯ñ¸ñ©«÷
- Convention text
- Translation provided by the Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism: PDF
Latvian
- Convention title
- KONVENCIJA PAR NEMATERIĀLĀ KULTŪRAS MANTOJUMA SAGLABĀŠANU
- Convention text
- Elaborated by the Latvian Translation and Terminology Centre: PDF
Lithuanian
- Convention title
- NEMATERIALAUS KULTŪROS PAVELDO APSAUGOS KONVENCIJA
- Convention text
- Elaborated by the Traduction center, documentation and information for the Government of Lithuania: PDF
Luganda
- Convention title
- ENDAGAANO Y’OKUKUUMA OBUWANGWA N’ENNONO
- Convention text
- Provided by the Department of Culture and Family Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Republic of Uganda: PDF
Mongolian
- Convention title
- БИЕТ БУС СОЁЛЫН ӨВИЙГ ХАМГААЛАХ ТУХАЙ КОНВЕНЦ
- Convention text
- Provided by the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Persian
- Convention title
- کنوانسيون براي پاسداري از ميراث فرهنگي ناملموس
- Convention text
- Provided by UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office: PDF
Portuguese
- Convention title
- CONVENÇÃO PARA A SALVAGUARDA DO PATRIMÓNIO CULTURAL IMATERIAL
- Convention text
- Elaborated by the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Brazil): PDF
Communicated by the Portuguese Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Romanian
- Convention title
- CONVENŢIA PENTRU SALVGARDAREA PATRIMONIULUI CULTURAL IMATERIAL
- Convention text
- Provided by the Permanent Delegation of Romania to UNESCO: PDF
Russian - authoritative text
- Convention title
- МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КОНВЕНЦИЯ ОБ ОХРАНЕ НЕМАТЕРИАЛЬНОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО НАСЛЕДИЯ
- Convention text
- The Russian text of the Convention is one of six authoritative texts: PDF
Slovak
- Convention title
- DOHOVOR O OCHRANE NEHMOTNÉHO KULTÚRNEHO DEDIČSTVA
- Convention text : Provided by the Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic
Spanish - authoritative text
- Convention title
- CONVENCIÓN PARA LA SALVAGUARDIA DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL INMATERIAL
- Convention text
- The Spanish text of the Convention is one of six authoritative texts: PDF
Tajik
- Convention title
- КОНВЕНСИЯИ ЮНЕСКО ОИД БА ҲИФЗИ МЕРОСИ ФАРҲАНГИИ ҒАЙРИМОДДӢ
- Convention text
- Translation by the Tajikistan National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Tigrinya
- Convention title
- ውዕል ዕቃበ ረቂቕ ባህላዊ ውርሻ (diplays properly only if you install Ethiopic fonts)
- Convention text
- Provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Eritrea and the Eritrea National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Turkish
- Convention title
- SOMUT OLMAYAN KÜLTÜREL MİRASIN KORUNMASI SÖZLEŞMESİ
- Convention text
- Provided by the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Uzbek
- Convention title
- НОМОДДИЙ МАДАНИЙ МЕРОСНИ МУҲОФАЗА ҚИЛИШ БЎЙИЧА ХАЛҚАРО КОНВЕНЦИЯ
- Convention text
- Provided by the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO: PDF
Vietnamese
- Convention title
- CÔNG ƯỚC VỀ BẢO VỆ DI SẢN VĂN HÓA PHI VẬT THỂ
- Convention text
- Revised by Ministry of Culture and Information and Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO: PDF