Indigenous Women’s work to preserve traditional knowledge celebrated on International Day

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, which is critical to achieving a just future for all people.  

His appeal comes in a message to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed annually on 9 August.

This year the focus is on the role Indigenous women have in preserving and passing on traditional knowledge.

President of ECOSOC appoints eight members to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for term January 2023 – December 2025

 

On 12 July 2022, in a communication issued by the President of the Economic and Social Council, H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile announced the appointment of eight members, nominated by indigenous peoples’ organizations to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for a 3-year term beginning 1 January 2023 and concluding on 31 December 2025 in accordance with ECOSOC resolution 2000/22. The Council will take note of these appointments at the ECOSOC Management Segment session on 21-22 July.

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2022

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 the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations.

The International Day observance will take place online on Tuesday, 9 August 2022 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty 2018-2027

In its resolution 72/233, the General Assembly proclaimed the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027). It also considered that the theme of the Third Decade, to be reviewed at its seventy-third sessions, should be “Accelerating global actions for a world without poverty”, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

High-Level Political Forum on “Building back better from the COVID-19”, 5-15 July 2022

The meeting of the HLPF in 2022 will be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022 , under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Wednesday, 13 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022.