Agenda

The General Secretariat gathers proposals from States, the Council and the technical committees. The Bureau examines them, checks their admissibility and sorts them by theme. An item is admissible if it falls within the Organisation's competence and is accompanied by a note of no more than one page.

The draft agenda is sent to States, which have fifteen days to submit comments before final publication.

Each session includes statutory items: opening, verification of credentials, adoption of the agenda, Secretary-General's report, accounts and budget, elections. Substantive questions follow: the fight against trafficking, regulation of online sales, training programmes, restitutions.

Technical items are prepared in committee and presented in plenary for decision. States may request that an item be examined as a priority.

The first day hosts the opening and the statutory items. The second is devoted to the committees, which sit in parallel to examine the draft resolutions. The third brings together the votes, the closing and the awards ceremony.

Speaking time is limited to five minutes per intervention, or ten minutes for a statement on behalf of a group of States. The presiding officer ensures that these limits are respected.

By a two-thirds majority of the States present and voting, the Assembly may add an urgent item or withdraw an item that has become moot. These changes are entered in the minutes.

An item may also be postponed to the next session when consultations have not been successful. The Bureau then informs all States and publishes the reasons for the postponement.

The agenda is published on this page in French, English and Spanish. A plain-language summary presents the issues of each item, for the benefit of journalists, researchers and art market professionals.

Stakeholders accredited as observers may submit a written contribution before the session. The Secretariat passes it on to the delegations concerned.