The Committee meets annually to evaluate nominations proposed by States Parties to the 2003 Convention and decide whether or not to inscribe those cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage on the Convention’s Lists.
By clicking on the inscribed elements below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos, together with Committee decisions and evidence of community consent.
2015 | |||
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List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Koogere oral tradition of the Basongora, Banyabindi and Batooro peoples | Uganda |    | |
2014 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Mapoyo oral tradition and its symbolic reference points within their ancestral territory | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | | |
2013 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Empaako tradition of the Batooro, Banyoro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi of western Uganda | Uganda | | |
2011 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Eshuva, Harákmbut sung prayers of Peru’s Huachipaire people | Peru | | |
| Hezhen Yimakan storytelling | China | | |
2009 | |||
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | |||
| Suiti cultural space | Latvia | | |
2008 | |||
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | |||
| Cocolo dance drama tradition | Dominican Republic | | |
| Cultural space of Palenque de San Basilio | Colombia | | |
| Language, dance and music of the Garifuna | Belize – Guatemala – Honduras – Nicaragua | | |
| Oral heritage and cultural manifestations of the Zápara people | Ecuador – Peru | | |