UNPFII Sixteenth Session 24 April to 5 May 2017 | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

Sixteenth Session 24 April to 5 May 2017

UN Headquarters, New York

Special Theme: “Tenth Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration”

16th Session Report |AR| EN| ES| FR| RU| ZH|

16th Session Attendance |EN|

Preparations

The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum sent questionnaires to Member States, Indigenous Peoples, the UN System, National Human Rights Institutions. The responses received by the deadline are compiled by the Secretariat of the Forum in an official document that is submitted to the 16th session of the Permanent Forum.

15th Session Recommendations

Recommendations to Member States EN | ES | FR | RU |
Recommendations to the UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes EN | ES | FR | RU |

Questionnaires:

Member States EN | ES | FR | RU |
UN System EN | ES | FR | RU |
National Human Rights Institutions EN | ES | FR | RU |
Indigenous Peoples Organizations / Institutions and NGOs EN | ES | FR | RU |

Expert group meeting on the Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: the role of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and other indigenous-specific mechanisms (article 42). More information here >>>

The Pre-sessional meeting of the Members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will be held from 27 February to 3 March 2017 in Ottawa, Canada. The pre-sessional meeting is hosted by the Government of Canada.
Read the press release >>>

Provisional Agenda

Provisional agenda for Permanent Forum Sixteenth Session – | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

1. Election of officers. – TEST

2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

3. Follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum:

(a) Empowerment of indigenous women;
(b) Indigenous youth.

4. Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

5. Dialogue with indigenous peoples.
6. Dialogue with Member States.
7. Dialogue with the funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system.
8. Discussion on the theme “Tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration”.
9. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
10. Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with regard to indigenous human rights defenders.
11. Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples:
(a) Implementation of national action plans, strategies or other measures;
(b) Ways to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples at the United Nations;
(b) Implementation of the United Nations system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples.
12. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues.
13. Provisional agenda for the seventeenth session.
14. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its sixteenth session.

Programme of Work

Proposed organization of work AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

First week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	1-3 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 24 April	11 am: Opening of the session, General Assembly Hall Ceremonial sound of a conch, a traditional instrument by *Ms. Mónica Michelena Díaz* (Charrúa, Uruguay) Declaration of the opening of the session by *Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Ceremonial welcome by the traditional Chief of the Onondaga Nation, Tadodaho Sid Hill* Election of the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Item 1) Statement by the Vice President of the 71th session of the General Assembly on behalf of the President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Peter Thomson \|EN\| Statement by the Vice President of ECOSOC, *H. E. Ambassador Cristián Barros Melet* \|EN\| Election of the Bureau of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Item 1 cont.) Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work (Item 2) Statement by Ms. Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues \|FR\| EN\| Statement by *Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs \|EN\| Statement by Ms. Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs of Canada Statement by Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women \|EN\| Webcast*: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Discussion on the theme: “Tenth Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration.” (Item 8) Report: Tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|
Tuesday 25 April	[High-level event of the General Assembly to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples] Venue: General Assembly Hall Concept Note on the event (10 April 2017) Letter from the President of the 71th session of the General Assembly to All Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations New York (7 March 2017) Information on commemorations >>> Webcast Part 1: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\| Part 2: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Discussion on the theme: “Tenth Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration.” (Item 8) Report: International expert group meeting on the theme “Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: the role of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and other indigenous-specific mechanisms (article 42)” \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|
Wednesday 26 April	Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Item 4) [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members
Thursday 27 April	Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Item 4 continued) [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Follow-up on the recommendations of the Permanent Forum: (Item 3) Report: Update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH (a) Empowerment of indigenous women; Video- message by Amb. Antonio Patriota de Aguiar, Chair of the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women. (b) Indigenous Youth Statement by the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus Statement by Ms. Nicola Shepherd, co-chair on behalf of the United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth Development (UN-IANYD) [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|
Friday 28 April	Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: (Item 11) (a) Implementation of national action plans, strategies or other measures; (b) Ways to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples at the United Nations; (c) Implementation of the United Nations system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples. Report: Implementation of the United Nations system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Dialogue with the funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system (closed meeting) (Item 7) Questionnaires for the UN System EN Report: Compilation of information received from agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental bodies on progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH Agenda for the Closed meeting Agenda Dialogue with the Funds programmes and agencies of the United Nations system_28 April_3 to 6 PM_final [Interactive dialogue]

Second week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	1-3 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 1 May	Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples with regard to indigenous human rights defenders (Item 10) [Interactive dialogue] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Dialogue with the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with regard to indigenous human rights defenders (Item 10 continued) [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|
Tuesday 2 May	(Item 5) Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples (closed meeting) Questionnaires for Indigenous Peoples Organizations EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| Report: Compilation of information received from indigenous peoples’ organizations \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH\| [Interactive dialogue]	Side Events	(Item 3) Dialogue with Member States (closed meeting) Proposed Agenda Questionnaires for Member States EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| Report: Compilation of information from Member States on addressing the recommendations of the Permanent Forum \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH [Interactive dialogue]
Wednesday 3 May	Closed meeting for the Permanent Forum members	Side Events	Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Item 4 continued) [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|
Thursday 4 May	2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Item 9) Statement by Ms. Bivar, Chair of the UN Statistical Commission (via video conference link) Statement by Ms. Zubcevic, Division for Sustainable Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) E/C.19/2017/5 Indigenous peoples and the 2030 Agenda \| AR \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \| ZH [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|	Side Events	Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues (Item 12) International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019 (A/RES/71/178, para. 13); 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: High Level Political Forum; National Voluntary reviews; National level Implementation; Indicators and statistics; Follow up to COP 21 and the Paris Agreement; among others. [Speaker’s list] Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|
Friday 5 May	Closed meeting for Permanent Forum members	Side Events	Provisional agenda for the sixteenth session of the Permanent Forum (Item 13) Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its sixteenth session (Item 14) Statement by the Chairperson of the sixteenth session of the Permanent Forum Ceremonial closing of the session Webcast: EN\| RU\| ES\| FR\| AR\| ZH\|

Documents

Submitted by the Secretariat of the UNPFII:

Provisional Agenda | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Proposed organization of work | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/2 Implementation of the United Nations system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/3 Update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/4 Tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/5 Indigenous peoples and the 2030 Agenda | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/5 /Corr.1 Corrigendum to Indigenous peoples and the 2030 Agenda | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/6 Compilation of information from Member States on addressing the recommendations of the Permanent Forum | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/7 Compilation of information received from indigenous peoples’ organizations | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/8 Compilation of information received from agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental bodies on progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the Permanent Forum | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/9 Compilation of information from national human rights institutions | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2017/10 International expert group meeting on the theme “Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: the role of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and other indigenous-specific mechanisms (article 42)” | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Responses to questionnaire submitted by Governments: Information received from:

Argentina | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Australia | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Bolivia | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex 3
- Annex 4
Denmark and Greenland | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
El Salvador | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Honduras | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Mexico | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
- Annex 1
Peru | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Paraguay | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Responses to questionnaire submitted by the UN System:

Economic Commission for latin America and the Caribbean | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Food and Agriculture Organization | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
- FAO Annex | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Global Compact | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
International Labour organization | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
PAHO | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity (SCBD) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
- UNICEF matrix | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
UN Women | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
World Bank | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
- World Bank Letter | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Responses to questionnaire submitted by National Human Rights Institutions:

Argentina | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Australia | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Canada | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Denmark | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Indonesia | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Kenya | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
New Zealand | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Nicaragua | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Responses to questionnaire submitted by Indigenous Peoples Organizations / Institutions and NGOs:

Aboriginal Rights Coalition | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Asociacion Qhana Pukara | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Congres Populaire Coutumier Kanak | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Federation des ONG en Kanaky | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Indian Law Resource Center | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Khoe-San Indigenous Women | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
National Indian Youth Council | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Nation of Hawaii | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Observatorio de Pueblos Indigenas (Guatemala) | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Office of Hawaiian Affairs | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Senat Coutumier de la Nouvelle-Caledonie | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Union des Peuples Autochtones pour le Reveil au Developpement | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH

Other documents

Proposed Agenda – Dialogue with Member States (closed meeting) – Item 3

Submitted by Indigenous Peoples Organizations

The Declaration of Tecpán, 3rd International Indigenous Peoples Corn Conference, Tecpán, Guatemala, March 9th, 2017

On-site Registration

Registration is now closed.

If your registration was pre-approved, please refer to the following information.

On-site Registration (for pre-approved participants only)

For Representatives who do NOT have a UN grounds pass:

Please bring your letter of confirmation (it be downloaded online at: http://bit.ly/unpfii16-register) and a government issued photo identification (passports, state issued driver’s license and similar documents) to facilitate the issuance of your Temporary Ground‐Pass. If you have not been approved and if you do not have a confirmation letter, you will not be able to obtain a grounds pass.
Registration will take place in the United Nations Pass and ID office located at 320 East 45th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenue).
Please wear your Temporary Ground Pass with you all times during the UNPFII. It is the ONLY valid pass for Non‐UN Ground Pass holders to enter the UN building (on 47th street and 1st Avenue) and UNPFII conference rooms.

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Please bring your UN grounds pass to our HelpDesk located in the UN Pass and ID office, at 320 East 45th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenue) to mark you as having attended.
If you do not register, the United Nations will have a record of attendance of your organization.

Registration hours:

Sunday, 23 April: 12 to 4 p.m.

Monday, 24 April 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, 25 April 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, 26 April. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday, 27 April 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, 28 April 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Monday, 1 May. 9-11 a.m.

Tuesday, 2 May 9-11 a.m.

Wednesday, 3 May 9-11 a.m.

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Side Events

Several side events take place at lunch time, evenings and during closed meetings of the Permanent Forum at UN premises and outside. They are organized by Indigenous Peoples Organizations, Member States, UN entities, and other intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and others.

Please be advised as we try to accommodate as many requests as possible for side events, we might not be able to fulfill all requests.

Please click here to register your side event >>>>. The registration is now CLOSED. For any inquiries or questions, please contact Elías Centellas at: centellas@un.org

Find below a draft list of side events that will take place during first and second week of the Permanent Forum:

Draft List of Side Events First Week

Draft List of Side Events Second Week

The UN FF Building is located at 304 EAST 45TH STREET

If your event is listed and you have yet to receive a confirmation email, we apologize in advance and promise to contact you soon. Thank you for your patience.

Please note that these lists are subject to change as side events are added and/or cancelled throughout the week.

PFII Side Events – First Week, April 24-28

Session	Room	Event	Organiser(s)
MONDAY 24 APRIL
13:15-14:30	CR4	Effective and Meaningful Participation in the UNPFII \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \|	United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and DOCIP
	*FF Building Amartya Sen Room**	Crimean Tatars in 2017: Keeping the Dream Alive	Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People
	*FF Building Rio Room**	Our Way Forward: A Cross-Movement Dialogue to Defend and Advance Our Rights	MADRE & Rosa Luxemburg Stifting-NYC
	CR9	People of the Land and HIV	Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
	CR6	UN Voluntary for Indigenous Peoples; Increasing indigenous peoples’ impact at the UN for over 30 years	Permanent Mission of Finland UN Voluntary for Indigenous Peoples
	CR8	Screening of 43 minute documentary film on Mapuche Traditional Knowledge in Chile (EN)	California Western School of Law
16:30-18:00	CRB	Empowerment of the Indigenous Women in Odisha: A Case Study of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences	Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
18:15-20:00	CR4	Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls	Canada, Mexico, United States

TUESDAY 25 APRIL
13:15-14:30	CR4	Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, and Biodiversity	International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, SwedBio at Stockholm Resilience Centre and Indigenous Women Network on Biodiversity (IWNB).
	CRB	Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Opportunities in Canada	Assembly of First Nations
	*FF Building Rio Room**	Assessing the Implementation of the UNDRIP in Asia on its 10th Anniversary	Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP); Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus; International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and others TBC
	*FF Building Amartya Sen Room**	Empowerment and cultures appreciation with an integrated approach – towards sustainable future	Hecho por Nosotros
	CR9	Launching of IWGIA’s yearbook “The Indigenous World 2017” / “El Mundo Indígena 2017”	International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
	CR11	Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine	Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations
	CR8	The Draft WIPO Practical Guide on Intellectual Property for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities – Indigenous Perspectives	WIPO
	CR7	Indigenous women’s empowerment as a gender equality strategy	FAO, Mexico, International Indigenous Women’s Forum, Canada (tbc), Guatemala (tbc)
15:00-16:30	CRB	Violence to Lakota Women Water Protectors	Indigenous Environmental Network
16:30-18:00	CRB	National Human Rights Institutions	Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Flyer: \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU

WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL
10:00-11:30	CRB	Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact in Amazon	Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO)
13:15-14:30	CR4	Achievements and Challenges for the Empowerment of Indigenous Youth after Ten Years of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples \|ES\| EN \|FR\|	IFAD/FILAC/ILC/SLOW FOOD/Indigenous Youth Network Latin America and the Caribbean
	CR5	Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change and Decent Work: Empowering the Change Agents	ILO
	CRB	Framework for a Global Indigenous Peoples’ Program for the Green Climate Fund	Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
	*FF Building 6**th Floor Conference Room	The Effects of Energy Development and the Environmental Impact/Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples	Southwest Native Cultures
	*FF Building Amartya Sen Room**	WIN Games 2017	WIN Sport International
	*FF Building Stockholm Room**	International Exchange and Protection of Indigenous Seeds	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	*FF Building Rio Room**	Comparative Perspectives on the implementation of the Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples	Intercultural School of Indigenous Diplomacy, Universidad del Rosario, in partnership with Charles Sturt University (Australia), City University of New York and New York University (US)
	CR9	10th Anniversary of UNDRIP and 25th Anniversary of FILAC EN/ES	FILAC
15:00-16:30	CRB	Marine Protected Areas, Indigenous and Local Communities, and Sustainable Livelihoods	Government of France, IUCN, WCS
16:30-18:00	CRB	Illustrating IPLC-driven implementation of climate adaptation and mitigation activities.	The Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
18:15-20:00	CR4	Movie Screening	Estonian Mission to the United Nations

THURSDAY 27 APRIL

10:00-13:00	CRB	CBP/FCPF Indigenous Peoples Side Event	MPIDO
11:30-13:00	CRF	Promoting Indigenous Youth Development to achieve the 2030 Agenda	DESA-DSPD / Other partners TBC
13:15-14:30	CR4	La nueva Constitución de la Ciudad de México y la inclusión de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas \|ES\|EN\|	SEDEREC, Gobierno de la Ciudad de México, Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural y Equidad para las Comunidades
	CRB	Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights through Strategic Litigation	Open Society
	*FF Building 6**th Floor Conference Room	The impact of national and international policies on Indigenous health and wellbeing	United Natives
	*FF Building Amartya Sen Room**	Dialogue on Indigenous Led Philanthropy	International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
	*FF Building Rio Room**	The importance of the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Perspectives of indigenous youth after 10 years of its adoption	FAO, Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América – FILAC, Red de Jóvenes Indígenas de America Latina / Focal Points LAC of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
	CR9	Indigenous Truth	International Native Tradition Interchange
	CR12	Social and corporate responsibility of companies that deal with industrial activities in the territories of indigenous peoples	The government of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District of the Russian Federation
15:00-17:00	CRB	Informal Dialogue with the World Bank and Indigenous Peoples of the Africa Region	World Bank
17:00-18:00	CRB	Informal Dialogue with the World Bank and Indigenous Peoples of Tanzania	World Bank
18:15-20:00	CR4	Advancing in the Development of National Action Plans to Implement the UNDRIP (Experiences from country policy dialogues in six countries)	IFAD/IWGIA

FRIDAY 28 APRIL
11:30-13:00	CRB	Estrategias para fortalecer la participación indígena en Naciones Unidas promovido por el GIRPI (ES) FILAC firma acuerdo pionero con Transparencia Internacional (13:00 – 15:30) – Zona de Medios de Comunicación Indígenas	Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina y El Caribe (FILAC)
13:00-16:00	*FF Building Rio Room**	Climate Change and Traditional Knowledge: Advancing a New Platform for the UNFCCC	Cultural Survival, Tribal Link, UNDP, International Indian Treaty Council
13:15-14:30	CR4	Mainstreaming the contribution of Traditional Knowledge and Biological and Cultural Diversity for the implementation of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	UNESCO, SCBD, The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) at the American Museum of Natural History, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), SwedBio at Stockholm Resilience Centre and Indigenous Women Network on Biodiversity (IWNB)
	CRB	La Defensoría Pública Electoral: su contribución a la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas	Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación México/ UNDP México
	*FF Building 6**th Floor Conference Room	Strengthening the Skill set of Indigenous Rights Activists	Raising Indigenous Voices (RIV) from the Milano School under The New School
	*FF Building Amartya Sen Room**	Towards a Renewed Focus on Realising the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Conservation	Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), Natural Justice.
	*FF Building Stockholm Room**	Ten years with UNDRIP – Where are we now?	International Federation of Social Workers, NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Sunray Meditation, ViVAT International, OMI
15:00-16:30	CR4	Mainstreaming Indigenous peoples rights in the SDGs including in the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development	Indigenous Peoples Major Group for the SDGs, ILO, IWGIA, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
	CRB	Proceso Constituyente de Ciudad de México y la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas \|ES\|EN\|	SEDEREC, Ciudad de México.
16:30-18:00	CR4	Briefing and Q&A on EMRIP’s amended mandate	OHCHR/EMRIP
	CRB	Peace building and well-being processes to contribute to the eradication of violence against Indigenous women	UN Women, IIWF/FIMI and AIPP
Off-site
Friday 28 April: 9:00-16:00	Ford Foundation, 1440 Broadway	SHAREHOLDER ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP TRAINING	First Peoples Worldwide

Session	Room	Event	Organiser(s)
MONDAY 1 MAY
10:00-11:30	CRB	Climate-Induced Displacement: Realities, Rights, and Responses	NGO Committee on Migration, Company of the Daughters of Charity, Unitarian Universalist United Nations
11:30-13:00	CRB	Strengthening our Sovereignty In a Colonized System	American Indian Law Alliance
13:15-14:30	CR4	Using the UN Treaty Bodies to Advance the Rights of Indigenous Peoples \| EN \| ES \| FR \| RU \|	UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and DOCIP
	CR12	International Premiere for “This Is Who I Am”	Australia, Canada
	CRB	PEOPLE FIRST: Indigenous Communities Accompanied by FBOs-Protection for Integral Human Development	Holy See
	FF 6th Floor	The New Old Fire, Жаңа Ескі Алау, El Fuego Viejo	World Indigenous Teaching and Learning Centre
	FF Rio	LIRA – League of Indigenous Residencies for Artists	Crossing Bridges/PAMAR – Pan American Art Research
15:00-18:00	CRB	“Killing the Black Snake”	Pahtamawiikan

TUESDAY 2 MAY
10:00-11:30	CRB	The Significance of Indigenous Literatures in the Pacific & to Pacific Rim (California) Native people	University of California Riverside
11:30-13:00	CRB	Barriers to Electoral Participation for Indigenous Voters	The Carter Center
13:15-14:30	CR4	Updates on the developing a new International Mechanism for International Repatriation of Indigenous Peoples Sacred Items and Human Remains	International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
	CRB	GEF Small Grants Programme Indigenous Peoples Fellowship programme	UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme
	FF Amartya Sen	SHARING EXPERIENCES: Challenges and Opportunities in using indigenous knowledge systems in resource management	Shubenacadie Band Council
	FF Rio	Reframing Rights in the Blue Continent: Examining the extent to which seabed mining within and beyond the waters of national jurisdiction implicates the rights of Pacific indigenous peoples	Indigenous World Association
	CR7	Indigenous People’s Rights and the impacts of extractive industries in the Americas and in Africa / Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y los impactos de las actividades de las industrias extractivas en las Américas y en África	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights IWGIA
	CR12	Operationalizing the inclusion of Indigenous and Local Knowledge and Practices (ILK) in the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services	Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
15:00-16:30	CRB	The Role of Indigenous Leaders in Supporting Inclusive and Equitable Measures to Implement the UNDRIP	Conservation International, Indigenous Information Network and the Indigenous Environmental Network
16:30-18:00	CRB	Indigenous Peoples and new approaches for inclusion in forest policy: Lessons from the Community Based REDD+ Initiative	UNDP REDD+ Team and UNDP SGP

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY
10:00-11:30	CRB	Consultations towards International Year of Indigenous Languages	UNESCO
13:15-14:30	CR4	Official Presentation of FICMAYAB´2017 -2018	CLACPI
	CRB	Self-Agency of Indigenous Peoples & the SDGs: Good Practices and Partnerships	International Presentation Association
	FF Amartya Sen	Yurta Mira 20 years with Indigenous People and 70th birthday of President of Yurta Mira Alexandra Grigorieva	Yurta Mira
	FF Rio	The Power of local action: Empowering Indigenous Peoples for SDGs	UNDP
15:00-16:30	CRB	Towards the International Year of Indigenous Languages	Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples
16:30-18:00	CRB	Indigenous Peoples’ Contributions to the SDGs and Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Challenges and Opportunities	PACOS Trust & ICCA Consortium

THURSDAY 4 MAY

11:30-13:00	CRB	Indigenous Human Rights and Environmental Defenders: Issues and Strategies	Cultural Survival, Rainforest Foundation US, Maya Leaders Alliance
13:15-14:30	CR4	Reporting Success: How Collaborative Grant-making Makes an Impact	Cultural Survival
	CRB	Droit des Pygmées et problématique électorat des pygmées en RDC	Solidarité Pour un Monde Meilleur
	FF 6th Floor	Peace Begins with Indigenous Peoples	International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples and The Grail
	FF Amartya Sen	Bridging the gap of knowledge between two opposite identities. Comparative science Moon teaching	Kanienkehaka Traditional Council
	FF Rio	Through the Looking-Glass of Colonization-The Myth of Taino Extinction	City College

*The UN FF Building is located at 304 EAST 45TH STREET

Statements/Speakers' List

Online registration for the Speaker’s List is now closed.

Participants from indigenous peoples’ organizations that are accredited to attend the 16th session of the Permanent Forum can register for the speaker’s list in person, in Conference Room 4 during the following times.

Monday 24 April: 1:00 – 3:00

Tuesday 25 April – Thursday 4 May: 11:00 – 1:00

Guidelines for Speakers

Speaker’s lists are open to all registered to attend the Permanent Forum as observers.
The online speakers’ list is open for Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations, Indigenous Members of Parliaments and Non-governmental organizations in ECOSOC status.

At the beginning of each meeting, the Permanent Forum members will introduce the agenda item. They will also ask questions and make statements whenever they consider it to be appropriate. Time constraints are considerable given the great number of observers who ask for the floor. The Chairperson will explain the procedure to follow at the beginning of each plenary session regarding the list of speakers and will set time limits for interventions (speakers will be given 3 minutes to facilitate broad participation).

Since 2016, there were changes to the Speakers List arrangements during the plenary. The Programme of Work lists both Speaker’s Lists and Interactive Dialogues.

For Interactive Dialogues, speakers can inscribe to the speaker’s list at the beginning such session simply by pressing the microphone button on their desk, or where desks have been set aside for this purpose – especially for those who do not have access to a microphone button. You may be asked your name and organization by staff assisting the Chairperson.

For Speaker’s Lists, Indigenous Peoples Organisations, National Human Rights Institutions and Indigenous Members of Parliament must put their name on the speaker’s list. Speakers are only allowed to speak once under an agenda item.

The order of speakers is determined by the Chair of the Permanent Forum.

Once you have been confirmed on the speaker’s list, you need to provide 10 copies of your statement to translators (to be given to Conference Room Officer). You should also send your statement to papersmart1@un.org where it will be uploaded on the website after your presentation.

Members States, intergovernmental organizations and UN bodies and specialized agencies wishing to send observers to the session are requested to communicate the composition of their delegations, in advance of the session, to the Secretary of the Forum (c/o Mr. Dino Del Vasto (email del-vasto@un.org; Room S-3066). Kindly be reminded that the observers who have not indicated their participation by the established deadline will be seated on a fisrt-come, first-served basis.

Member States and United Nations bodies and specialized agencies wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for a particular item should contact Mr. Gerard Cianciulli, email: cianciulli@un.org

Statements

Statement by the Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus

Agenda Item(s): [ 12 ] Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues

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Statement by the Chair of the UN Statistical Commission (Brazil)

Speaker: Ms. Wasmalia Bivar