- have preferred 'outcomes' . Nevertheless, the delegation did not wish to prolong the debate.
- 402. The delegation of India supported the amendment by both the Philippines and the Secretariat for 'update on the reflection' . The report, although well-researched, missed out an important fact that while there were 147 accredited NGOs, they only represented 51 of the 171 Member States, i.e. 126 Member States did not have a single voice in the NGOForum. The delegation wished the Committee and the Assembly to take this point into consideration when considering the updates of the reflection at the next meeting.
- 403. The Vice-Chairperson read out the amendment [in paragraph 7] proposed by Syria, co- sponsored by Algeria and the Philippines, which would read, ' to present the updates of the reflection at the next session of the General Assembly ', which was duly adopted. The Vice - Chair proceeded to the adoption of the draft resolution as a whole. With no further comments or objections, the Vice-Chair declared Resolution 7.GA 11 adopted . The Vice-Chair congratulated the twenty-nine newly accredited NGOs and wished them and the Committee every success in their collaboration over the coming years, inviting the Observers for comments.
- 404. The NGOContact Base (India) , Ms Ananya Bhattacharya, spoke on behalf of the ICH NGO Forum to welcome the newly accredited twenty-nine NGOs during the seventh General Assembly and she was happy to welcome colleagues to join the ICH NGO Forum in its activities. The Forum was glad that the results framework had been adopted at the present session, as this would provide overall guidance in the Forum's efforts and would be a means of monitoring the work of the Convention. The Forum thanked the Secretariat and all the States Parties for acknowledging the efforts made by NGOs with a focus on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and working towards the goals of the Convention. It looked forward to dialogue with the informal ad hoc working group, as well as the reflection on the participation of accredited NGOs towards achieving the goals of the Convention.
- 405. The NGO World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) (China) spoke of its many activities around the work in support of these activities. It convened conventions on Chinese traditional medicine every year with the objective of Chinese traditional medicine being presented as a complete system and recognized by this Assembly.
- 406. The NGO Association of Folk Artists (Poland), Ms Hanna Schreiber, expressed, in the name of the Association, its gratitude and happiness that it was now able to cooperate in the NGO Forum and contribute to the important work being carried out within the framework of this Convention. She also wished to express gratitude on behalf of the NGO Serfenta Association, which was also accredited but was unable to attend. She looked forward to smooth, efficient and friendly cooperation with all NGOs.
- 407. The NGO Cultural Interactivity and Development (Mexico) underscored the importance of the overall results framework because, independent of the size of the NGOin question and of the domain in which they worked, this framework would present many important ideas as to where efforts should be channelled. It was thus a clear instrument that would help NGOs to work with governmental institutions and towards common goals.
- 408. The NGO Amagugu International Heritage Centre (Zimbabwe) , Mr Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi represented one of the two Africa-based NGOs that had been fortunate enough to be accredited at this present Assembly. On behalf of his organization, he expressed deep gratitude to the government of Zimbabwe who shared this information about accreditation, which was keenly taken up, and he was happy that these efforts had yielded a positive outcome. The NGOwas committed to supporting fellow NGOs in the Zimbabwean context in particular, and in the subregion in general. He concurred with Senegal that efforts should be deployed to have more equitable representation of Africa-based NGOs, and he was committed to supporting the region in this regard.
- 409. The Vice-Chairperson thanked all the accredited NGOs for their commitment and ongoing support of the Convention, with special thanks to the NGO Amagugu International Heritage Centre for taking the floor as one of only two Africa-based NGOs accredited in 2018. The