Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples: Call for applications to 16th Session of UNPFII and 10th Session of EMRIP

A wide view of the General Assembly Hall, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the opening of the high-level plenary meeting of the Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. UN Photo/Cia PakVOLUNTARY FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Call for Applications

16th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (24 April – 5 May 2017)

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10th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (19 – 23 June 2017)

Please note that the deadline to submit applications to attend the 16th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the 10th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is: 30 November 2016.

The application forms for these meetings are available on the following web link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/ApplicationsForms.aspx

For any other additional information, you can consult the Voluntary Fund’s website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/IPeoplesFundIndex.aspx

 

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