Meeting of the Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol

What are the functions of the Meeting of the Parties?

The Meeting of the Parties has the following functions:

To elect the Members of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict;
To endorse the Guidelines developed by the Committee;
To provide guidelines for, and to supervise the use of the Fund for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict by the Committee;
To consider the report on the implementation of the 1999 Second Protocol submitted by the Committee;
To discuss any issue related to the application of the 1999 Second Protocol, and to make recommendations, as appropriate.

In addition to the representatives of the Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol, the representatives of Member States of UNESCO not parties to this Protocol and permanent observer missions to UNESCO may participate in the work of the Meeting as observers, without the right to vote.

MEETINGS OF THE PARTIES TO THE SECOND PROTOCOL

9th Meeting of the Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol (UNESCO, 2021)

UNESCO Headquarters, Room XI, Paris
30 November - 1 December 2021
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Meeting in a semi-attendance format

The Meeting of the Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol is a governing body of the 1999 Second Protocol. The Meeting of the States Parties is convened every two years at the same time as the General Conference of UNESCO, and in co-ordination with the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties, if such a meeting has been called by the Director-General.

In addition to the representatives of the States Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol, the representatives of Member States of UNESCO not parties to this Protocol and permanent observer missions to UNESCO may participate in the work of the Meeting as observers, without the right to vote.

Among other topics, the main purposes of its 9^th Meeting are:

to consider the reports of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and of the Secretariat on its activities;
to approve the amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Meeting of the Parties to the Second Protocol to ensure equitable representation of all electoral groups in the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict;
to elect six members of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict;
to review the report on Synergies between the 1954 Hague Convention and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols and the other UNESCO Culture Conventions;
to approve amendments to the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention: Enhanced protection.

RESOLUTIONS: EN | FR

WORKING DOCUMENTS

Election of the Bureau
C54/21/9.SP/2 : EN | FR

Adoption of the agenda
C54/21/9.SP/3 : EN | FR

Report of the Secretariat on its activities
C54/21/9.SP/4 : EN | FR

Report of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
C54/21/9.SP/5 : EN | FR

Report on Synergies between the 1954 Hague Convention and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols and the other UNESCO Culture Conventions
C54/21/9.SP/6 : EN | FR

Equitable distribution of seats on the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
C54/21/9.SP/7 : EN | FR

Election of members of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
C54/21/9.SP/8 : EN | FR

Amendments to the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention: Enhanced protection
C54/21/9.SP/9 : EN | FR

Examination of emergency international assistance
C54/21/9.SP/10 : EN | FR

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Meeting of the Parties to the Second Protocol to The Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
C54/21/9.SP/11.REV.2 : EN | FR

INFORMATION DOCUMENTS

Provisional list of documents
C54/21/9.SP/INF.3.I: EN | FR

Provisional timetable
C54/21/9.SP/INF.3.II: EN | FR

Proposals on promoting wide ratification and enhancing implementation of the 1999 Second Protocol
C54/21/9.SP/INF.4.I: EN | FR

Structure of the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention
C54/21/9.SP/INF.4.II: EN | FR

List of candidatures for the election of members of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
C54/21/9.SP/INF.8.REV: EN | FR

Meeting of the Parties to the 1999 Second Protocol

What are the functions of the Meeting of the Parties?

MEETINGS OF THE PARTIES TO THE SECOND PROTOCOL

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