Committees and members planning to submit a draft resolution to the 21^st General Assembly are invited to take into account the following four articles of the Rules of Procedure, which refer to the early submission and processing of resolutions.

The Piero Gazzola Prize was established in 1979 in memory of ICOMOS’ founding President and is the highest distinction awarded by ICOMOS. 

The Prize is awarded every three years during the ICOMOS General Assembly to an individual or a group of people who have worked together and contributed with distinction to the aims and objectives of ICOMOS.

Honorary membership shall be conferred by the General Assembly of ICOMOS, on the proposal of a National or International Scientific Committee, on individuals, members or not of ICOMOS, who have given distinguished services at the international level to the conservation of cultural heritage. Honorary Members are not subject to membership dues (Article 5-a-4 and 6-b of the ICOMOS Statutes).

Teresa Patricio, ICOMOS President, attended the 2nd Conference of Ministers of Culture 2023 in Davos as one of the founding members of the Davos Baukultur Alliance which launched January 16, 2023.
5 years after having contributed to the "Davos Declaration - towards a high-quality Baukultur in Europe", which emphasises the central role of culture in the quality of our living environment, ICOMOS is back in Davos to empower culture and heritage as strategic resources for a diverse and democratic world.

ICOMOS is very pleased with the adoption of the newly updated ICOMOS International Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter, which was approved at its last General Assembly in October 2022 in Bangkok (Thailand), after intensive work from the ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC).

The ICOMOS Antarctic Archaeological Guidelines were adopted at the 2022 ICOMOS General Assembly, which took place in Bangkok (Thailand) in October 2022.

These set of guidelines, put together by the IPHC, devoted to the preservation and protection of polar (Arctic and Antarctic) heritage, will ensure that information on international best practice is available to Antarctic managers and researchers.