The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples met in Rome on 26-28 February 2024 to strengthen the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and address the problematic use of the term “local communities” in conjunction with Indigenous Peoples. 

The theme of the 2024 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is "Improving the self-determination rights of Indigenous Peoples within the framework of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with a focus on the perspectives of Indigenous youth.”

The Forum will be held in person from April 15 to April 26, 2024 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Provisional Agenda for the twenty-third session (E/C.19/2024/1)

On the margins of the 23rd session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, in order to benefit from the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions, and in accordance with General Assembly resolution78/189, the President of the 78th session of the General Assembly will convene a high-level event to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly kn

The Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has decided that its seventeenth session (COSP17) will take place in Conference Room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 13 June 2024. 

The Overarching Theme of the COSP17 is "Rethinking disability inclusion in the current international juncture and ahead of the Summit of the Future".

The United Nations General Assembly has decided to convene the "Second World Summit for Social Development" in 2025, to address gaps and recommit to the principles outlined in the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of Action and give momentum towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

A new resolution on cooperatives in social development – adopted by the United Nations General Assembly – calls for the proclamation of the second International Year of Cooperatives in 2025.

The Fourteenth Session of the Working Group will be held from 20 to 22 and 24 May 2024, Conference Room 2, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Participation of NGOs - The deadline for New NGOs applying for accreditation is 1 April 2024

Participation of (“A” status) National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) - The deadline for NHRI application is 19 April 2024

Side events registration is open from 19 February until 29 February 2024.  

The deadline to submit requests for special events to be held in the UN premises is 29 February 2024. 

Previous participants to the UNPFII and approved in iCSO system

Registration for Indigenous Peoples’ organizations (IPOs), Academia, that have previously participated at UNPFII and approved in the iCSO system, is open from 19 February until 18 March 2024 via the United Nations Indico registration system.

a. At this stage, IPOs and Academia will register individual participants.

The 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD62) will focus on "Fostering social development and social justice through social policies to accelerate progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to achieve the overarching goal of poverty eradication".