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News | 16 December 2015
On the 15 and 16 December, high-level representatives from governments, civil society and the private sector gathered for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Review of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS+10).
At…
News | 14 December 2015
At its fourteenth session in April-May 2015, the Permanent Forum recommended a three-day international expert group meeting on the theme “Indigenous languages: preservation and revitalization (articles 13, 14 and 16 of the United Nations Declaration…
News | 10 December 2015
The Fifteenth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will take place from 9-20 May 2016 in New York.
More information will be provided on this page in the up-coming months.
At present, the questionnaires which will inform the…
News | 01 December 2015
On 30 November, the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues together with UNDP Regional Office organized a briefing on the newly developed System-wide action plan to ensure a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United…
News | 30 November 2015
The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) is one of the leading organizations for its expertise in natural resources management, including food systems. Given the inextricable relationship which exists between nature and…
News | 27 November 2015
The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues participated in a mission to Paraguay from 24-26 November 2015. The mission was part of a project of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on “Promoting political…
News | 18 November 2015
At the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the General Assembly requested the development of a system-wide action plan for a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.…
News | 12 November 2015
The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues visited El Salvador in order to follow up the development of a National Plan on Indigenous Peoples as part of a policy dialogue project with the International Fund for Agricultural…
News | 03 November 2015
A two-day expert group meeting on “Indigenous Peoples and Agenda 2030,” organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at United Nations Headquarters on 22-23 October, focused on…
News | 23 October 2015
In a relation with a two-day expert group meeting on “Indigenous Peoples and Agenda 2030,” organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development of DESA at United Nations Headquarters on 22-23 October, a press conference was organised…
News | 19 October 2015
On 19 October, the Third Committee of the General Assembly, focused on human rights, considered its agenda item on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including follow up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.
The Assistant-Secretary-General…
News | 15 October 2015
By Professor Megan Davis, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Indigenous women in rural areas can become drivers of change and poverty eradication. Today on the International Day of Rural Women, we would like to pay tribute to the…