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
- KONVENTË PËR RUAJTJEN E TRASHËGIMISË KULTURORE JOMATERIALE
- Provided by the Academy of Sciences of Albania: PDF
Arabic -
- اتفاقية بشأن حماية التراث الثقافي غير المادي
Armenian
- ԿՈՆՎԵՆՑԻԱ ՈՉ ՆՅՈՒԹԱԿԱՆ ՄՇԱԿՈՒԹԱՅԻՆ ԺԱՌԱՆԳՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՊԱՇՏՊԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՄԱՍԻՆ
- Provided by the Armenian commission for UNESCO: PDF
Bulgarian
- КОНВЕНЦИЯ ЗА ОПАЗВАНЕ НА НЕМАТЕРИАЛНОТО КУЛТУРНО НАСЛЕДСТВО
- Provided by the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria to UNESCO: PDF
Catalan
- CONVENCIÓ PER A LA SALVAGUARDA DEL PATRIMONI CULTURAL IMMATERIAL
- Provided by the UNESCO Center of Catalonia: PDF
Chichewa
- Pangano la Kuteteza kwa Chikhalidwe Chosakhudzika Chotengera kwa Makolo
- Provided by the Malawi National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Chinese -
- 保护非物质文化遗产 公 约
Croatian
- KONVENCIJA O ZAŠTITI NEMATERIJALNE KULTURNE BAŠTINE
- Provided by the Croatian Commission for UNESCO : PDF
Czech
- ÚMLUVA O ZACHOVANI NEMATERIALNIHO KULTURNIHO DEDICTVI
- Provided by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic: PDF
Dutch
- VERDRAG INZAKE/CONVENTIE BETREFFENDE DE BESCHERMING VAN HET IMMATERIEEL CULTUREEL ERFGOED
- Translation by the Vlaams Centrum voor Volkscultuur: PDF
Dutch
- VERDRAG INZAKE/CONVENTIE BETREFFENDE DE BESCHERMING VAN HET IMMATERIEEL CULTUREEL ERFGOED
- Official translation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands: PDF
English -
- CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Estonian
- VAIMSE KULTUURIPÄRANDI KAITSE KONVENTSIOON
- Official translation by Mari Vaus from Estonian Legal Language Centre: PDF
Finnish
- YLEISSOPIMUS AINEETTOMAN KULTTUURIPERINNÖN SUOJELEMISESTA
- As provided by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland): PDF
French -
- CONVENTION POUR LA SAUVEGUARDE DU PATRIMOINE CULTUREL IMMATÉRIEL
Galician
- CONVENCIÓN PARA A SALVAGARDA DO PATRIMONIO CULTURAL INMATERIAL
- Translation by the University of Vigo: PDF
German
- ÜBEREINKOMMEN ZUR ERHALTUNG DES IMMATERIELLEN KULTURERBES
- Translation by the National Commission of Luxembourg for the cooperation with UNESCO: PDF
German
- ÜBEREINKOMMEN ZUR ERHALTUNG DES IMMATERIELLEN KULTURERBES
- Translation provided by the German Federal Foreign Office: PDF
Greek
- ΣΥΜΒΑΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣTΑΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΥΛΗΣ ΠΟΛΙTΙΣTΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ
- As provided by the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO: PDF
Hungarian
- EGYEZMÉNY A SZELLEMI KULTURÁLIS ÖRÖKSÉG VÉDELMÉRÕL
- The translation was made by the National Commission which is part of the Ministry of Education and Culture: PDF
Italian
- CONVENZIONE PER LA SALVAGUARDIA DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE INMATERIALE
- As provided online by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Japanese
- 無形文化遺産の保護に関する条約
- As provided on-line by the [Ministry of Foreign Affairs|http://www.mofa.jp/mofaj/gaiko/treaty/treaty159_5.html] of Japan: PDF
Kiswahili
- MAAFIKIANO YA KULINDA TURATHI ZA TAMADUNI ZISIZOGUSIKA
- 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
Korean
- 무형문화유산 보호를 위한 협약
- Translation provided by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Laothian
- ¦öêò¦ñ¨¾¸È¾©É¸¨¡¾º½÷ìñ¡»ñ¡¦¾´ð콩ö¡¸ñ©ê½½ê¿ê†®ÒÀ¯ñ¸ñ©«÷
- Translation provided by the Department of Heritage, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism: PDF
Latvian
- KONVENCIJA PAR NEMATERIĀLĀ KULTŪRAS MANTOJUMA SAGLABĀŠANU
- Elaborated by the Latvian Translation and Terminology Centre: PDF
Lithuanian
- NEMATERIALAUS KULTŪROS PAVELDO APSAUGOS KONVENCIJA
- Elaborated by the Traduction center, documentation and information for the Government of Lithuania: PDF
Luganda
- ENDAGAANO Y’OKUKUUMA OBUWANGWA N’ENNONO
- Provided by the Department of Culture and Family Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Republic of Uganda: PDF
Mongolian
- БИЕТ БУС СОЁЛЫН ӨВИЙГ ХАМГААЛАХ ТУХАЙ КОНВЕНЦ
- Provided by the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Nepali
- अमूर्त साँस्कृतिक सम्पदा संरक्षणसम्बन्धी महासन्धि
- Provided by UNESCO Kathmandu Office: PDF
Northern Sámi
- OKTASAŠSOAHPAMUŠ IMMATERIÁLA KULTURÁRBBI SUODJALEAMIS
- As provided by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland): PDF
Persian
- کنوانسيون براي پاسداري از ميراث فرهنگي ناملموس
- Provided by UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office: PDF
Portuguese
- CONVENÇÃO PARA A SALVAGUARDA DO PATRIMÓNIO CULTURAL IMATERIAL
- Elaborated by the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Brazil): PDF
Portuguese
- CONVENÇÃO PARA A SALVAGUARDA DO PATRIMÓNIO CULTURAL IMATERIAL
- Communicated by the Portuguese Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Romanian
- CONVENŢIA PENTRU SALVGARDAREA PATRIMONIULUI CULTURAL IMATERIAL
- Provided by the Permanent Delegation of Romania to UNESCO: PDF
Russian -
- МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КОНВЕНЦИЯ ОБ ОХРАНЕ НЕМАТЕРИАЛЬНОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО НАСЛЕДИЯ
Slovak
- DOHOVOR O OCHRANE NEHMOTNÉHO KULTÚRNEHO DEDIČSTVA
- Provided by the Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic : PDF
Spanish -
- CONVENCIÓN PARA LA SALVAGUARDIA DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL INMATERIAL
Tajik
- КОНВЕНСИЯИ ЮНЕСКО ОИД БА ҲИФЗИ МЕРОСИ ФАРҲАНГИИ ҒАЙРИМОДДӢ
- Translation by the Tajikistan National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Tigrinya
- ውዕል ዕቃበ ረቂቕ ባህላዊ ውርሻ (diplays properly only if you install Ethiopic fonts)
- Provided by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Eritrea and the Eritrea National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Turkish
- SOMUT OLMAYAN KÜLTÜREL MİRASIN KORUNMASI SÖZLEŞMESİ
- Provided by the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO: PDF
Uzbek
- НОМОДДИЙ МАДАНИЙ МЕРОСНИ МУҲОФАЗА ҚИЛИШ БЎЙИЧА ХАЛҚАРО КОНВЕНЦИЯ
- Provided by the National Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan for UNESCO: PDF
Vietnamese
- CÔNG ƯỚC VỀ BẢO VỆ DI SẢN VĂN HÓA PHI VẬT THỂ
- Revised by Ministry of Culture and Information and Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO: PDF