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Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

 

Report on the Eighth Session >>>[AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH]


List of Side Events

Programme of Work (contains iformation on the daily meetings of the Forum)

Practical information for participants

Press releases, Fact Sheets and Statements

Documents

Information leafelet for Conference Delegates on the Influenza A(H1N1) Virus

Statements made at the Eighth Session compiled by doCip

 

18 - 29 May, 2009
UN Headquarters, New York

Provisional agenda and documentation for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on:
(a) Economic and social development;
(b) Indigenous women;
(c) Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People.
4. Human rights:
(a) Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples;
(b) Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples and other
special rapporteurs.
5. Half-day discussion on the Arctic.
6. Comprehensive dialogue with six United Nations agencies and funds.
7. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic
and Social Council and emerging issues.
8. Draft agenda for the ninth session of the Permanent Forum.
9. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its eighth session.

 

Practical Information for Participants

Frequently asked questions on NGO participation:
[Accreditation and Pre-registration]
[Participation]
[Submission of written statements]

Handbook for Participants at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The handbook is available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.

Logistical information (accommodation, transportation and other useful information) -please note that some of this information may become outdated.

Media accreditation

Guidelines for the use of visual recording equipment at the session

 

Press Releases and Fact Sheets

Opening Press Release: UNPFII to seek further implementation of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Fact Sheet: Advances in the Recognition of IndigenouS Rights since the Adoption of the UN Declaration

Fact Sheet: Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Region

Fact Sheet: Indigenous Peoples and Industrial Corporations

 

The following press releases contain great deal of information about the proceedings of the Eighth Session of the Permanent Forum, including summaries of discussions and statements made.

HR/4980: 1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4982: 3rd & 4th Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4984: 5th Meeting (PM)

HR/4985: 6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4986: 8th & 9th Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4987: 10th & 11th Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4988: 12th & 13 th Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4989: 14th & 15th Meetings (AM & PM)

HR/4990: 16th Meeting (AM)

 

Press Conference by PFII on Eighth Session

Press Conference to Discuss Eighth Session of PFII

 

Speeches and statements

Address of H.E. Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly, to the Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Remarks to the Opening of the Eighth Session by Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Statement by Professor James Anaya, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples

 

CONFERENCE ROOM PAPERS

CRP.1: Indigenous Peoples and Boarding Schools: A comparative Study

CRP.2: Climate Change, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

CRP.3: Cultural indicators of Indigenous Peoples' food and agro-ecological systems

CRP.4: Annex to final report of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues (IASG)

CRP.5: A Global Indigenous Peoples' Initiative to Stop TB - Our Children, Our Future

CRP.6: Report of the North America Region Preparatory Meeting for the UNPFII8

CRP.7: A Draft Guide on the relevant principles contained in the UNDRIP, ILO Convention No. 169 and ILO Convention No. 107 that relate to Indigenous land tenure and management arrangements

CRP.8: Report of the international expert group meeting on extractive industries, Indigenous Peoples' rights and corporate social responsability

CRP.9: The Anchorage Declaration

CRP.10: Directrices de proteccion para los pueblos indigenas en aislamiento voluntario y en contacto inicial de la region amazonica y el Gran Chaco

CRP.11: El Impacto de las Corporaciones en la vida y los Territorios de los Pueblos Indigenas

CRP.12: Draft General Comment No 1 (2009) - Article 42 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

CRP.13: Asia Summit on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

CRP.14: Pueblos Indígenas y Empresas: derechos y relaciones coloniales

CRP.15: Analisis y Seguimiento de las Recomendaciones sobre Mujeres Indigenas del Foro Permanente de las Naciones Unidas para las Cuestiones Indigenas

CRP.16: Cuestionario dirigido a los Gobiernos - Respuesta del Gobierno de la Republica de Ecuador

CRP.17: International Expert Seminar on the Role of UN Mechanisms with Specific Mandate regarding the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

 

For all other documents, including statements made by NGOs and IPOs, please go to the doCip's website

 

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