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To Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 25 March 2025 Culture Sector The Assistant Director-General Ref.: CLT/EO-CGM/DCE/25/2136 Subject: Tenth session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (18-20 June 2025) Madam/Sir, On behalf of the Director-General, l am pleased to invite your government to participate in the tenth session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Room I (Fontenoy Building) from 18 to 20 June 2025. The session will be conducted in the six working languages of the Conference of Parties. Please find enclosed the provisional agenda for this session. Further information as well as documents corresponding to items inscribed on the provisional agenda will be made available, at the latest by 19 May 2025, on the Convention’s website: Tenth session of the Conference of Parties | Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Furthermore, I would like to inform you that the fifth edition of the Civil Society Forum will take place prior to the Conference on 17 June 2025. The provisional agenda of this Forum will also be published on the Convention's website. l would be grateful if you could confirm your participation in the tenth session of the Conference of Parties or that of your designated representatives by registering online, no later than 28 May 2025, using the following link: https://indico.un.org/event/1016217/. Travel and subsistence expenses of participants will be borne by the government they represent. For all enquiries concerning visas or other formalities required to enter France, I kindly invite you to contact the French consulate or mission in your city or country. The present letter, together with a letter from your government indicating the name of your country’s representative(s), may be used when applying for a visa. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France T: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00 Finally, l would like to remind you that States Parties to the Convention that wish to present their candidature for election to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions are requested to do so before 7 May 2025 to the Secretariat of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO, Culture Sector, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France; e-mail: [email protected]). Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. Ernesto Ottone R. Enc.: Provisional agenda Cc : National Commissions for UNESCO of the Parties to the 2005 Convention Points of Contact of the Parties to the 2005 Convention 2/2