Third Session of the Intergovernmental Committee (3.COM) - Istanbul, 4 to 8 November 2008
During its second session held in September 2007, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage accepted the offer from the Republic of Turkey to host the third session of the Committee (Decision 2.COM 15). This third session took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 4 to 8 November 2008.
The working languages are English and French. In addition, interpretation is be made available in:
- Arabic, thanks to the Fund of the Project of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz for the support of the Arabic language at UNESCO and upon the positive response from the Permanent Delegation of Saudi Arabia to UNESCO,
- Spanish, thanks to the generous support of the Government of Spain, and
- Turkish, thanks to the generous support of the Turkish authorities.
Members of the Committee during the third session
إستونيا, إيطاليا, الأردن, الإمارات العربية المتحدة, المكسيك, النيجر, الهند, باراغواي, بيرو, بيلاروس, تركيا, جمهورية أفريقيا الوسطى, جمهورية كوريا, زمبابوي, عمان, غابون, فنزويلا (جمهورية - البوليفارية), فييت نام, قبرص, كرواتيا, كوبا, كينيا, مالي و هنغاريا
Elected Members of the Bureau of the third session of the Committee (Decision 2.COM 16)
- Chairperson: H.E. Mr O. Faruk Loğoğlu (Turkey)
- Vice-Chairs: Hungary, Mexico, India and the United Arab Emirates
- Rapporteur: Ms Hortense Nguema Okome (Gabon)
Speeches
- H.E. Mr Ertuğrul Günay, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey: الإنجليزية|
- H.E. Mr O. Faruk Loğoğlu, Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee: الإنجليزية
- Mr Chérif Khaznadar , Chairman of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention: الفرنسية
- Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO: الإنكليزية|الفرنسية||||العربية|
Oral report:
- Oral report of the Rapporteur: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية
Participants, summary records and decisions
- List of participants: English-French
- Summary records (adopted during the fourth session): الإنجليزية|الفرنسية
- Decisions adopted: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية
Working documents
- General information
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/INF.1 Rev.: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Provisional timetable
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/INF.2 Rev.: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Provisional list of Participants
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/INF.3: English-French - Provisional list of NGOs, non-profit making institutions and experts
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/INF.4: English-French - Report by the Chairperson of the Bureau meeting of 20 October 2008
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/INF.5: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Incorporation of items proclaimed Masterpieces in the Representative List
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/1: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Adoption of the agenda
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/2: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Replacement of the Rapporteur
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/3: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Admission of observers to the present session
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/4: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Adoption of the Summary Records of the second extraordinary and the third extraordinary sessions of the Committee
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/5: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Draft Operational Directives for the use of the emblem of the Convention
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/6: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Draft Operational Directives on visibility
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/7: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Draft Operational Directives on the means to increase the resources of the Intangible Heritage Fund
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/8: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Accreditation of non-governmental organizations
To consult all of the accreditation requests from NGOs that were completed by 25 September 2008 and are being presented to the Committee, please see: NGO requests
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/9: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Procedure for the examination of nomination files for the Urgent Safeguarding List and international assistance requests
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/10: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Establishment of the subsidiary body for the examination of nominations for the Representative List
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/11: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Issue of admission of observers
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/12: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Date and venue of the next session of the Committee
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/13: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية - Election of the members of the Bureau of the fourth session of the Committee
ITH/08/3.COM/CONF.203/14: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية
Comments from States Parties on draft directives governing the use of the emblem
During an initial discussion of draft directives governing the use of the emblem at its second extraordinary session (ITH/08/2.EXT.COM/CONF.201/13: الإنجليزية|الفرنسية), the Committee encouraged written comments from States Parties. The comments received by the Secretariat concerning the previous draft are presented here in the language and format in which they were submitted: Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Estonia, Japan, Oman, Romania and Turkey.