CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE Meeting of the Bureau UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, Room VI 7 June 2018, 10 a.m. 1 p.m. – Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda: Examination of an emergency request for International Assistance Summary Chapter I.14 of the Operational Directives provides that emergency requests for International Assistance can be submitted at any time and are examined and approved by the Bureau of the Committee. The present document includes one such request from Colombia, on the Bureau is asked to take a decision. Decision required: paragraph 6 As provided in Article 22 of the Convention, in emergencies, requests for International Assistance be examined as a matter of priority. In Chapter I.14, the Operational Directives provide for such emergency assistance requests to be submitted at any time regardless of the amount (paragraph 47). The Directives further provide that such requests are examined and approved by the Bureau of the Committee and that the purpose of ‘for determining whether a request for International Assistance constitutes an emergency request eligible to receive priority consideration by the Bureau, an emergency shall be considered to
CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE Meeting of the Bureau UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, Room VI 7 June 2018, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda: Examination of an emergency request for International Assistance Summary Chapter I.14 of the Operational Directives provides that emergency requests for International Assistance can be submitted at any time and are examined and approved by the Bureau of the Committee. The present document includes one such request from Colombia, on the Bureau is asked to take a decision. Decision required: paragraph 6 As provided in Article 22 of the Convention, in emergencies, requests for International Assistance be examined as a matter of priority. In Chapter I.14, the Operational Directives provide for such emergency assistance requests to be submitted at any time regardless of the amount (paragraph 47). The Directives further provide that such requests are examined and approved by the Bureau of the Committee and that ‘for the purpose of determining whether a request for International Assistance constitutes an emergency request eligible to receive priority consideration by the Bureau, an emergency shall be considered to
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