Programme of Work for UNPFII 2024 Released

Opening of the session

Item 1 Election of officers

Item 2 Adoption of the agenda and organization of work

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

• Report of the international expert group meeting: Indigenous Peoples in a greening economy

[Speakers’ list]

Item 3 (continued) Discussion on the theme “Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth”

[Speakers’ list]

Item (5g) Thematic dialogues, including on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation in the context of, inter alia, development, climate, environment and biodiversity

[Speakers’ list]

*** Delegations are encouraged to attend the High-level event to be convened by the President of the General Assembly to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.

Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members

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

[Interactive dialogue]

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

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

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]

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]

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

Item 5(e) Regional Dialogues between Indigenous Peoples and Member States

• 15:00-16:15 – Central & South America and the Caribbean. 
• 16:30-18:00 – Africa. 

[Interactive dialogue]

Item 5(e) (continued) – Regional Dialogues between Indigenous Peoples and Member States 

• 15:00-16:15 –Pacific.

[Interactive dialogue]

16:30-18:00 Item 5(b) Dialogue with Member States (closed meeting)

[Interactive dialogue]

Item 7 Provisional agenda for the twenty-fourth session of the Permanent Forum

Item 8 Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twenty-third session

Closing of the session