The Eighth Session of the Subsidiary Committee of the Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property will be held on 27 and 28 October 2020 in Room I at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

Composition

List of the 18 Members of the Committee

Bureau (outgoing, as per Agenda Item 8.SC/2)

• Chairperson: Mr Wael Abdelwahab (Egypt)
• Vice-Chairpersons: Côte d'Ivoire, Peru, Republic of Korea, Turkey
• Rapporteur: Mr Aleksei Kolavenko-Narochnitskii (Russian Federation)

Working Documents

• Election of the Bureau (C70/20/8.SC/2) EN / FR
• Provisional Agenda and Timetable (C70/20/8.SC/3) EN / FR
• Report of the Secretariat (C70/20/8.SC/5) EN / FR
• Report concerning possible tools for strengthening the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property (C70/20/8.SC/6) EN / FR
• 50th Anniversary of the 1970 Convention (C70/20/8.SC/7) EN / FR
• Fundraising Strategy for the 1970 Convention (C70/19/8.SC/8a) EN / FR
• Sensitization of the Media (C70/20/8.SC/8b) EN / FR
• Importance of inventories and how to improve them (C70/20/8.SC/8c) EN / FR
• Links between due diligence and provenance concepts (C70/20/8.SC/9) EN / FR
• Checklist of actions to be followed by the concerned institutions and authorities of States Parties in the event of cultural theft (C70/20/8.SC/10) EN / FR

Information Documents

• List of documents (C70/20/8.SC/INF.3) EN / FR
• Disparities between versions of the Convention in its official languages (C/70/20/8.SC/11.INF) EN / FR
• The UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws: progress made and future planning (C70/20/8.SC/12.INF) EN / FR