Korea Elected to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee for 2020-2024
Expected Leading Participation in Discussions Including UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Registration Decision
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 11th that South Korea was elected as a member state of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2020?2024 term at the 8th General Assembly of the States Parties to the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Paris, France.
In this election, the Asia-Pacific regional group competed for one committee member seat between South Korea and India. South Korea was elected as a committee member by receiving support from 80 out of 146 countries that voted, out of a total of 178 States Parties present.
This is the third time South Korea has been elected as a committee member, following its first election for the 2008?2012 term. It is interpreted that UNESCO recognized South Korea’s efforts to protect intangible cultural heritage, such as trust fund projects for safeguarding intangible heritage, and its commitment to implementing the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is the intergovernmental committee that makes final decisions on the inscription of intangible cultural heritage on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With this committee membership, South Korea can actively participate in key discussions and decisions, including the inscription of intangible cultural heritage and international cooperation related to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.
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An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained, "Our government plans to actively contribute to discussions for the protection and transmission of humanity’s shared cultural heritage as a UNESCO intangible heritage committee member for the next four years."
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