UNPFII Twenty-fourth Session: 21 April - 2 May 2025 | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

2024

Theme: "Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”

Dates: The twenty-fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will take place in-person from 21 April to 2 May 2025.

Location: UN Headquarters, New York

Registration

Indigenous Peoples' Organizations (IPOs) may be accredited as observers to attend sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Based on past practice at the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, academic institutions may also be permitted to attend. Academic institutions must demonstrate work related to Indigenous Peoples and relevance to the UNPFII. Think tanks are not considered academic institutions.

Accreditation and Registration Information

• First-time participation for IPOs and Academia:
Accreditation for IPOs and academic institutions attending for the first time will be open in February for a three-week period.

• Returning participants previously approved in the iCSO system:
Registration for previously accredited IPOs and academic institutions that have participated in the UNPFII will be open between February and March for four weeks.

Preparations

International Expert Group Meeting: “The rights of Indigenous Peoples, including those in voluntary isolation and initial contact in the context of the extraction of critical minerals”

2-5 December 2024, Virtual Format

The Indigenous Peoples Development Branch within the Division of Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs will organise an International Expert Group Meeting on the theme “The rights of Indigenous Peoples, including those in voluntary isolation and initial contact in the context of the extraction of critical minerals” recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council.

See here for more information.

Agencies questionnaires

The Indigenous Peoples Development Branch/Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues invites UN system agencies, funds and programmes and other intergovernmental organizations to complete the attached questionnaire on any action taken or planned in response to the Permanent Forum’s recommendations, the system-wide action plan on rights of indigenous peoples (SWAP) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The responses will be compiled into a report for the 2024 session of the Permanent Forum. In your responses, please, include information on progress and challenges related to Indigenous women, Indigenous persons with disabilities, Indigenous older persons, and Indigenous children and youth.

Questionnaire to UN entities and intergovernmental organisations

Provisional Agenda

Provisional Agenda for the twenty-fourth session

1. Election of officers.

2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

3. Discussion on the theme “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”.

4. Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

5. Dialogues:

(a) Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples;

(b) Dialogue with Member States;

(d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022);

(e) Interregional, intergenerational and global dialogue;

(f) Dialogue on Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities;

(g) Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system.

6. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues.

7. Provisional agenda of the twenty-fifth session of the Permanent Forum.

8. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twenty-fourth session.

Programme of Work

WEEK 1

10:00 - 13:00 (New York time)

15:00 - 18:00 (New York time)

Monday

21 April

11:00 Opening of the session (GA Hall)

Item 1 Election of officers

Item 2 Adoption of the agenda and organization of work

Item 5 (e) Interregional, intergenerational and global dialogue on “The rights of Indigenous women”

[Interactive high-level dialogue]

Tuesday

22 April

10:00 – 11:45 Item 5 (e) (continued) Interregional, intergenerational and global dialogue on “The rights of Indigenous women”

[Interactive high-level dialogue]

11:45 – 13:00 Item 3 Discussion on the theme “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”

[Speakers’ list]

Item 3 (continued) Discussion on the theme “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”

[Speakers’ list]

Wednesday

23 April

Item 5 (g) Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system

[Speakers’ list]

Item 5 (g) (continued) Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system

[Speakers’ list]

Thursday

24 April

Item 5 (a) Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples (closed meeting)

[Interactive dialogue]

Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members

Friday

25 April

Item 4 Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

[Speakers’ list]

Item 4 (continued) Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

[Speakers’ list]

WEEK 2

10:00 - 13:00 (New York time)

15:00 - 18:00 (New York time)

Monday

28 April

Item 5 (d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022)

[Interactive dialogue]

Item 5 (d) (continued) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022)

[Speakers’ list]

Tuesday

29 April

Item 5 (f) Dialogue on Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities

[Interactive dialogue]

Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members

Wednesday

30 April

Item 5 (c) Dialogue with United Nations agencies, funds and programmes (closed meeting)

[Interactive dialogue]

Item 6 Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues

[Speakers’ list]

Thursday

1 May

Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members

Item 5 (b) Dialogue with Member States (closed meeting)

[Interactive dialogue]

Friday

2 May

Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members

Item 7 Provisional agenda of the 25^th session of the Permanent Forum

Item 8 Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its 24^th session

Closing of the session

Documents

Responses to the questionnaire submitted by the UN system and other Inter-governmental organizations

ADB: EN
DGC: EN
DPPA: EN
ECLAC: EN
FAO: EN
IDB: EN
ITU: EN
OCDE: EN
OHCHR: EN
PAHO: EN
SRSG: EN
UNAIDS: EN
UNDP: EN
UNEP: EN
UNESCO: EN
UNFPA: EN
UNHCR: EN
UNU: EN
UN Tourism: EN
UN Women: EN
WFP: EN
WHO: EN
WIPO: EN