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News | 27 March 2024
On the margins of the 23rd session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in order to benefit from the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions, and in accordance with General Assembly resolution78/189, the…
News | 19 February 2024
Side events registration is open from 19 February until 29 February 2024.
The deadline to submit requests for special events to be held in the UN premises is 29 February 2024.
The Special Event Request Form can be found here, it should be…
News | 19 February 2024
Previous participants to the UNPFII and approved in iCSO system
Registration for Indigenous Peoples’ organizations (IPOs), Academia, that have previously participated at UNPFII and approved in the iCSO system, is open from 19 February until 18…
News | 05 February 2024
Programme of Work (E/C.19/2024/L.1)
FIRST WEEK
10:00-13:00 (New York time)
15:00-18:00 (New York time)
Monday 15 April
Opening of the session
Item 1 Election of officers
Item 2 Adoption of the agenda and organization of work…
News | 22 January 2024
First time participation of IPOs and Academia for approval on the iCSO system
Accreditation for Indigenous Peoples’ organizations (IPOs) and Academia, attending for the first time, is open from 22 January until 12 February 2024 via the United…
News | 21 December 2023
On 19 December 2023, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote the resolution on “Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (document A/78/477), containing one draft resolution of the same name.
The resolution among other issues:
Urges Governments and…
News | 17 November 2023
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention (COP-5), held in Geneva from 30 October to 3 November 2023, adopted 21 decisions to keep protecting human health and the environment from the harmful effects of mercury…
News | 17 November 2023
The 12th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity took place from 12 to 16 November 2023.
On 13 November, the Chairperson of the Permanent…
News | 07 November 2023
On 7 November 2023, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee) of the 78th session of the General Assembly discussed and took up the draft resolution "The Rights of Indigenous Peoples" [item 68 (a)].
The Committee took up…
News | 18 September 2023
Joint statement by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, July 2023:
The 100-year commemoration of the Deskaheh…
News | 11 September 2023
Every year, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch within the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organizes an international expert group meeting (EGM) on a theme recommended by the…
News | 01 August 2023
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…