UNPFII Seventeenth Session: 16-27 April 2018

15 February 2018

UNPFII Seventeenth Session: 16-27 April 201817th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Date: 16-27 April 2018

Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York

Theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources”

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with Indigenous issues related to economic and social developmentculturethe environmenteducationhealth and human rights.

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