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LHE/25/20.COM/2 Paris, 9 October 2025

Original: English

CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Twentieth session New Delhi, Republic of India

8 to 13 December 2025

Item 2 of the provisional agenda: Adoption of the agenda

Decision required: paragraph 1

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1. The Committee may wish to adopt the following decision:

DRAFT DECISION 20.COM 2

The Committee,

1. Having examined document LHE/25/20.COM/2,

2. Adopts the agenda of its twentieth session (New Delhi, Republic of India, 8 to 13 December 2025) as follows:

Agenda

1. Opening

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Observers

4. Adoption of the summary records of the nineteenth session of the Committee

5. Report by the Secretariat on its activities (January 2024 to June 2025)

6. Periodic reporting

a. Examination of the reports by States Parties on the current status of elements inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

b. Examination of the reports of the regional cycle of periodic reporting on the implementation of the Convention and on the current status of elements inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by States Parties in Asia and the Pacific

c. Update on the regional cycles of the Convention’s periodic reporting and proposal for related amendments to the Operational Directives

7. Report of the Evaluation Body on its work in 2025

a. Examination of nominations for inscription on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

b. Examination of nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

c. Examination of requests for transfer of elements from one list to the other

d. Examination of proposals to the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices

8. Treatment of files for the listing mechanisms of the Convention

9. Follow-up on elements inscribed on the Lists of the Convention

10. Report on International Assistance from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund

11. Broader implementation of Article 18 of the Convention

12. Thematic initiatives on living heritage and sustainable development

13. Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund: voluntary supplementary contributions and other issues

14. Draft plan for the use of the resources of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund in 2026 and 2027

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15. Report of the non-governmental organizations forum

16. Accreditation of new non-governmental organizations and review of accredited non- governmental organizations

17. Establishment of the Evaluation Body for the 2026 cycle

18. Date and place of the twenty-first session of the Committee

19. Election of the members of the Bureau of the twenty-first session of the Committee

20. Report by the Committee to the General Assembly on its activities (January 2024 to December 2025)

21. Other business

22. Adoption of the list of decisions

23. Closure