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News | 21 October 2016
Brussels – European Commission – High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Joint Staff Working Document: Implementing the EU External Policy on Indigenous Peoples
In the last few decades, there has been…
News | 21 October 2016
The 43rd Session of the Conference on World Food Security (CFS) took place at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 17 to 21 October 2016. For the first time, the Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) …
News | 19 October 2016
Following the briefing of the PGA’s Advisers on the process of the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the UN on 3 October 2016, the following indicative roadmap and approach to the consultation process was elaborated, taking into account the…
News | 18 October 2016
UNFPA – Health, respect and opportunity: advancing the Rights of Indigenous Women in the Philippines
Gilian Albios, from the Dibabawon tribe, looks forward to a far safer birth experience this time around.
Montevista, Philippines – For too long, childbirth was a lottery of life and death for many Indigenous women in the…
News | 28 September 2016
The President of the 71st Session of the General Assembly has issued the below letter to invite participants to join the Informal Launch Briefing on the next steps of the consultation on the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and…
News | 16 September 2016
VOLUNTARY FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Call for Applications
16th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (24 April – 5 May 2017)
&
10th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (19 – 23 June 2017)
Please…
News | 31 August 2016
Statement from Mr. Alvaro Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Ms. Dalee Dorough and Chief Edward John, Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the Protests on the Dakota Access Pipeline (North…
News | 31 August 2016
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On the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
The United Nations Department of Public Information and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,…
News | 12 August 2016
12 August 2016 – New York – United Nations Headquarters
From the time of conquest, Indigenous Peoples have had tragic encounters with representatives of the Catholic Church. As a result, our traditions and beliefs were threatened, our territories…
News | 02 August 2016
Statement from Mr. Alvaro Pop Ac, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Professor Megan Davis, Member of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the Don Dale Youth Detention Center (NT, Australia)
We would like to…
News | 25 July 2016
25 July 2016 – The adoption of the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during the fortieth General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was a historic event.
The…
News | 22 July 2016
I would like to express my absolute rejection and condemnation of the events that took place on 19 and 20 June this year in Asuncion Nochixtlán and neighbouring municipalities in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. These events have left at least six…