India elected to UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee on ICH

India has been elected to the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
India has been elected for the next four years (2014-2018) to the Committee after winning the highest number of votes in the elections held yesterday at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, an official statement said here today.
In the elections to this Committee on June 4 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris by the General Assembly of the States Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, India won by a resounding 135 votes against a total of 142 votes cast by member states who were present and voted, it said.

India recorded the highest number of votes among the ten countries which contested the election and have won, it added.
This is the second time that India has been elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage after 2006-2010.
The Committee has 24 members who are elected for a term of four years.
The core functions of the Committee are to safeguard the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), ensuring respect for the intangible cultural heritage of nations, groups and individuals, as also to raise awareness at the local, national and international levels of the importance of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the statement said.