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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…
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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…
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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…
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As part of the preparations for the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family, the report focuses on analysis of demographic trends and their impact on families and family-oriented policies. With regard to fertility decisions and…
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The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The report of the 22nd session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2023) was presented by the Chair of the Forum to the Economic and Social Council Management Segment Meeting on 25 July 2023.
Click here to read the report.…