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News | 05 April 2021
To mark the official launch of The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (SOWIP), Volume V, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) will hold two launch events with SOWIP V authors and Indigenous experts on…
News | 01 April 2021
In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.
For more information on the regional dialogue on Africa, please click here.
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News | 10 February 2021
In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.
For more information on the regional dialogue on the Arctic, please click here.
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News | 09 February 2021
In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.
For more information on the regional dialogue on North America, please click here.
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News | 08 February 2021
In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.
For more information on the regional dialogue on Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central…
News | 17 January 2021
In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.
For more information on the regional dialogue on Asia, please click here.
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News | 14 January 2021
In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.
For more information on the regional dialogue on the Pacific, please click here.
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News | 30 December 2020
On 16 December 2020, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote the resolution on “Rights of indigenous peoples” (document A/75/475).
Among other issues, the resolution includes:
The Assembly decided to convene a high‑level event in 2022…
News | 20 November 2020
Every year, the Indigenous Peoples in Development Branch within the Division of 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 | 19 November 2020
On 19 November, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee), of the 75th session of the General Assembly discussed Rights of Indigenous Peoples [item 67(a)].
The Committee took up the draft resolution “Rights of…
News | 28 October 2020
In preparation for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2023), UNESCO has issued an open call for nominations to Indigenous Peoples to be part of the Global Task Force entitled “Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages”.…
News | 12 September 2020
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007, with 144 countries voting in support, 4 voting against and 11 abstaining.
Thirteen years have passed since the…