The Director-General of UNESCO convenes an ordinary session of the Meeting of States Parties at least once every two years. At the request of a majority of States Parties, an additional extra-ordinary Meeting of States Parties will be convened.

• The first session of the Meeting of States Parties to the 2001 Convention took place shortly after its entry into force on 2 January 2009 in Paris (26-27 March 2009).
  
  
• The second session of the Meeting of States Parties took place in Paris from 1 to 2 December 2009.
  
  
• The third session of the Meeting of States Parties took place in Paris on 13 and 14 April 2011.
  
  
• The fourth session of the Meeting of States Parties took place in Paris on 28 and 29 May 2013, completed by an Exchange Day on 27 May 2013.
  
  
• The fifth session of the Meeting of States Parties  took place in Paris on 28 and 29 April 2015, preceded by an Exchange Day on 27 April 2015.

Rules of Procedure of the Meeting of States Parties
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Statutes of the Advisory Body
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