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Pacific

Country Year of Ratification for 2003 Convention Organization Department Address Website Email
Cook Islands 2016 Ministry of Cultural Development Cook Islands National Auditorium, Constitution Ave, Avarua DistrictConstitution Ave, Avarua District, Cook Islands www.culture.gov.ck mocd.staff@cookislands.gov.ck
Fiji 2010 Ministry of Education of the Republic of Fiji Department of Heritage & Arts "Level 2, AMB Building - Cnr of Victoria Prd Suva" www.culture.gov.fj
Marshall Islands 2015 Marshall Islands National Commission for UNESCO Ministry of Education, P.O. Box 3, Majuro, Marshall Islands khosia@pss.edu.mh
Federated States of Micronesia 2013 FSM Office of National Archives, Culture & Historic Preservation PO Box PS 175, Palikir, Pohnpei, FM 96941 nach.gov.fm
Papua New Guinea 2008 Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea culture@daltron.com.pg
Palau 2011 Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs Bureau of Arts and Culture histpres@palaunet.com
Samoa 2013 Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture P.O.Box 1869, Apia, SAMOA mesc.gov.ws info@mesc.gov.ws
Solomon Islands 2018 Ministry of Culture and Tourism Culture Division Chungwah Road, Chinatown Area, P.O Box G20, Honiara, Solomon Islands solomons.gov.sb/ministry-of-culture-and-tourism GMono@tourism.gov.sb
Tonga 2010 Ministry of Internal Affairs Culture & Youth Division Taufa'ahau Rd, Kingdom of Tonga mia.gov.to info@mia.gov.to
Vanuatu 2010 Vanuatu Cultural Centre vanuatuculturalcentre.gov.vu ltafau@vanuatu.gov.vu
Nauru 2013 Department of Home Affairs Government Buildings, Mennen Oe, Mennen District, Nauru
New Zealand - New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO "c/-New Zealand Ministry of Education, P.O.Box 1666, Wellington New Zealand" www.unesco.org.nz unesco.nz@education.govt.nz
Niue - Niue National Commission for UNESCO PO Box 84, Alofi, Niue www.gov.nu/wb
Kiribati 2018 Ministry of Internal Affairs Culture and Museum Division P. O. Box 75, Bikenibeu, Tarawa, Kiribati www.president.gov.ki/ministry-of-internal-affairs communications@ob.gov.ki
Tuvalu 2017 Tuvalu National Commission for UNESCO "Ministry of Education & Sports, Private Mail Bag, Vaiaku, Funafuti Tuvalu"
Australia - Australian National Commission for UNESCO Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade "R.G. Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent, Barton Australian Capital Territory, 0221, Australia" www.dfat.gov.au/intorgs/unesco natcom.unesco@dfat.gov.au

Southeast Asia

Country Year of Ratification for 2003 Convention Organization Department Address Website Email
Brunei Darussalam 2011 Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Simpang 336- BA1210, 17 Jalan Kebangsaan, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei www.kkbs.gov.bn info@kkbs.gov.bn
Cambodia 2006 Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts #277, Preah Norodom Blvd, Sanskat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia www.mcfa.gov.kh info@mcfa.gov.kh
Timor-Leste 2016 Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO Natcom Office INFORDEPE Compound Balide Dili Timor-Leste www.unesco.org.tl natcom.tl@natcom.unesco.org
Indonesia 2007 Ministry of Education and Culture Department of Cultural Heritage and Diplomacy "Komplek Kemdikbud Gedung E Lt 10, Jln. Jenderal Sudirman Senayan Jakarta, 10270." warisanbudaya.kemdikbud.go.id kemdikbud.wbtb@gmail.com
Laos 2009 Ministry of Information Culture and Tourism Department of Heritage Rue Setthathilath, Vientiane, Laos www.tourismlaos.org info@tourismlaos.org
Malaysia 2013 Ministry of Tourism and Culture Department of National Heritage "Blok A dan B, Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad, Jalan Raja 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia www.heritage.gov.my info@heritage.gov.my
Myanmar 2014 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture Department of Archaeology and National Museum Office 35, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar www.mora.gov.mm
Philippines 2006 National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Cultural Communities & Traditional Arts Section 633 General Luna Street Intramuros Manila, Philippines ncca.gov.ph sccta@ncca.gov.ph
Singapore 2018 National Heritage Board Heritage Research and Assessment 61 Stamford Road, #03-08, Stamford Court, Singapore 178892 www.nhb.gov.sg nhb_feedback@nhb.gov.sg
Thailand 2016 Ministry of Culture Department of Cultural Promotion 14 Thiamruammitr Road, Huay Khwang, Bangkok 10310 Thailand www.culture.go.th/culture_th/main.php?filename=index Thailand.ich2003@gmail.com
Vietnam 2005 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Cultural Heritage Department 51 Ngo Quyen, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam www.bvhttdl.gov.vn bovanhoathethaodulich@chinhphu.vn

Northeast Asia

Country Year of Ratification for 2003 Convention Organization Department Address Website Email
Republic of Korea 2005 Cultural Heritage Administration World Heritage Division 189, Cheongsa-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35208, Republic of Korea http://english.cha.go.kr/cha/idx/SubIndex.do?mn=EN
China 2004 Ministry of Culture and Tourism Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 10 Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China http://en.chinaculture.org/ich.html chinaculture@chinadaily.com.cn
Japan 2004 Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA) Traditional Cultural Division, Cultural Properties Department 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959  https://www.bunka.go.jp/english/index.html
Mongolia 2005 National Center for Cultural Heritage Department for Research and Registration of Cultural Heritage 14200, Baga toiruu-1, Ulaanbaatar city, Sukhbaatar district, 8th khoroo, Prime Minister Amar street, B building of the Central Palace of Culture http://ncch.gov.mn/ info@ncch.gov.mn
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2008 National Authority for Protection of Cultural Heritage Department of ICH Taedongmun-dong, Central District, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea napch@star-co.net.kp

Central Asia

Country Year of Ratification for 2003 Convention Organization Department Address Website Email
Kazakhstan 2011 Kazakhstan National Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Republic of Kazakhstan P.O.Box 27 Almaty 050000 Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan 2006 National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO 720040, 54 Erkindik Blvd. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan 2008 Republican Scientific-Methodical Center for Organization of Culture Institutions Activity under the Ministry of Culture 30, Navai street, Tashkent, 100011, UZBEKISTAN folklore.uz/en rimm@madaniyat.uz
Tajikistan 2010 Tajikistan National Commission for UNESCO 33 Sherozi Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 734001 www.unesco.tj unesco@mfa.tj
Turkmenistan 2011 Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan Intangible Cultural Heritage Department 461, Bitarap Turkmenistan avenue, 744000, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Afghanistan 2009 Ministry of Information and Culture Mohammad Jan Khan Road, Kabul, Afghanistan moic.gov.af/en info@moic.gov.af
Russian Federation - Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO Ministry of Foreign Affairs 32/ 34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square Moscow, G-200 RU - 121200 Russian Federation www.unesco.ru natcom.ru@natcom.unesco.org

South Asia

Country Year of Ratification for 2003 Convention Organization Department Address Website Email
Turkey 2006 Ministry of Culture and Tourism Intangible Cultural Heritage Department "Ministry of Culture and Tourism, İnönü Buvarı No.5, 06100 Emek Ankara, Turkey" www.ktb.gov.tr/?_dil=2
Iran 2006 The Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts (MCTH) Office for Inscription of Properties and Revitalization of ICH and Natural Heritage Intersection of Azadi Avenue and Yadegar-e Emam Highway, Tehran, Iran www.mcth.ir/english info@ichto.ir
Nepal 2010 Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation "Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Singha Durbar Kathmandu, Nepal" www.tourism.gov.np info@tourism.gov.np
Maldives - Maldives National Commission for UNESCO Ministry of Education Velaanaage Building, 9th Floor Ameer Ahmed Magu Male 20096 Maldives www.moe.gov.mv natcom.mv@natcom.unesco.org
Bangladesh 2009 Ministry of Cultural Affairs "B-5/G (Chamily). Sobahanbugh Govt. Officers quarters. Dhanmondy Dhaka, Bangladesh" moca.gov.bd ap@mocagov.bd
Bhutan 2005 Ministry of Home and cultural Affairs National Library And Archives of Bhutan PO Box 185, Pedzoe Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan www.departmentofculture.gov.bt/en
Sri Lanka 2008 Ministry of Education Isurupaya, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. www.moe.gov.lk secretary.education@moe.gov.lk
India 2005 Sangeetnatak Academy Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Feroze Shah Road, New Delhi www.sangeetnatak.gov.in mail@sangeetnatak.gov.in
Pakistan 2005 National History & Literary Heritage Division Administrative Head of National History & Literary Heritage Division 3rd Floor Evacuee Trust Complex, F5/1, Islamabad heritage.pakistan.gov.pk