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News | 13 September 2022
Video Statement by Dario Mejía Montalvo, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on the 15th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
News | 26 August 2022
On 24 August 2022, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Mr. Dario Mejía Montalvo participated in a virtual session at the World Water Week conference 2022, entitled, “Prioritizing Indigenous Peoples in International and Local Water…
News | 05 August 2022
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, which is critical to achieving a just future for all people.
His appeal comes in a message to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous…
News | 26 July 2022
The report of the 21st session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2022) was presented by the Chair of the Forum to the Economic and Social Council Management Meeting on 22 July 2022.
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Website of the 21st…
News | 12 July 2022
On 12 July 2022, in a communication issued by the President of the Economic and Social Council, H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile announced the appointment of eight members, nominated by indigenous peoples’ organizations to the Permanent Forum on…
News | 08 July 2022
On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided, in its resolution 49/214, that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN…
News | 05 July 2022
On 23 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided, in its resolution 49/214, that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year. The date marks the first meeting, in 1982…
News | 15 June 2022
Statement from the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Dario Mejia Montalvo and Expert Members Irma Pineda Santiago, Lourdes Tibán Guala and Freddy Condo Riveros on the arrest of Leonidas Iza Salazar, President of Confederación…
News | 14 June 2022
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues expresses its profound concern over ongoing efforts to evict over 70,000 Maasai people of Loliondo division of the Ngorongoro district of Tanzania from the 1,500 square kilometers, which are…
News | 28 April 2022
The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on Indigenous Peoples' lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages and lives, speakers told the Permanent Forum on…
News | 22 April 2022
Theme: “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”.
Date: 25 April-6 May 2022.
Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York.
The 2022 session of…
News | 14 April 2022
The theme of the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII21) is “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”.
The UNPFII21 will take…