MOTION FOR RESOLUTION No. 63 /X

The Convention for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage Imaterial, adopted in Paris, the

October 17, 2003, during the 32 th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO,

expresses a greater demand from the international community, in particular from UNESCO and

of its member states, with the Cultural Heritage Imaterial in the face of risks

emerging from globalization, mass tourism, regional armed conflicts and the

growing vulnerability of the rural world;

The Convention seeks to situate the Cultural Heritage Imaterial at a conditionnal scale and

to supply some lesser attention that to the same has been given in the past;

Thus:

Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the

Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:

Approving the Convention for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage Imaterial, adopted

in Paris, on October 17, 2003, the text of which, in the authenticated versions in the language

french and english, as well as the respective translation for Portuguese language, if they publish

in attachment.

Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of August 23, 2007

The Prime Minister

The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs

The Minister of the Presidency

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs