Welcome to the United Nations
7 - 18 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York
Special Theme: "The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)"
Documents:
E/C.19/2012/13 Report of the Eleventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
E/C.19/2012/1 Provisional Agenda
E/C.19/2012/L.1 Proposed organization of work for the Eleventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (7-18 May 2012)
E/C.19/2012/2 Note on ongoing priorities and themes submitted by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous
E/C.19/2012/3 An analysis on the duty of the State to protect indigenous peoples affected by transnational corporations and other business enterprises
E/C.19/2012/4 Study on the Impacts of land use change and climate change on indigenous reindeer herders' livelihoods and land management, including culturally adjusted criteria for indigenous land uses
E/C.19/2012/5 Information received from the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations: World Intellectual Property
E/C.19/2012/6 Report of the International Expert Group Meeting on Combating violence against Indigenous Women and Girls: Article 22 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
E/C.19/2012/7 Report on the implementation of the Permanent Forum's recommendations
E/C.19/2012/8 Study on shifting cultivation and the socio-cultural integrity of indigenous peoples
E/C.19/2012/9 Information received from entities of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations
E/C.19/2012/10 Study, as examples of good practice, of the Indigenous participatory mechanisms in the Arctic Council, the Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Resource Development Principles in Inuit Nunaat, and the Laponia management system
E/C.19/2012/11 Report of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the United Nations Interagency Support Group (IASG)
E/C.19/2012/12 Compilation: Information from the Member States--note by the secretariat
CRP 1 Recommendations of the North American Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus to the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
CRP 2 Conference Room Paper on the Doctrine of Discovery
CRP 3 Report of the International Indigenous Women's Environmental and Reproductive Health Symposium, 27-27 April 2012 (EN| ES)
Information received from the UN System and Other Intergovernmental Organizations
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Office of the High Commissioner For Human RIghts (OHCHR)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Information Received from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Information Received from the Asian Development Bank
Information Received from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Information Received from the United Nations Information Centres (UNIC)
Information Received from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Information received from Governments
Denmark and Greenland
Mexico
Chile
Kuwait
Bolivia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Burkina Faso
Statements made by indigenous representatives
Backgrounders & Press Release:
Special theme: The Doctrine of Discovery (EN / ES / FR)
Half day discussion on World Conference on Indigenous Peoples 2014 (EN / ES / FR)
Half day discussion on Central and Eastern Europe,the Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia (EN / ES / FR)
Half day discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to Food and Food Sovereignty (EN / ES / FR)
Commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EN / ES / FR)
Press Release (EN / ES / FR)
Press Conferences:
Press Conference on the opening of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (7 May 2012) (Article / Video)
Press Conference Launching Expert Study on Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls (10 May 2012) (Article / Video)
Press Conference on Preparations for 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (14 May 2012) (Article / Video)
Press Conference on Launch of B'aktun, the beginning of a new era in the Mayan Culture (14 May 2012) (Video / Article)
Press Conference on Fifth Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Article / Video)
Meetings Coverage:
1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM)--7 May 2012
3rd & 4th Meetings (AM & PM)--8 May 2012
5th Meeting (AM)--9 May 2012
6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)--10 May 2012
8th Meeting (AM)--11May 2012
9th and 10th Meetings (AM & PM)--14 May 2012
11th and 12th Meetings (AM & PM)--15 May 2012
13th Meeting (PM)--16 May 2012
14th Meeting (PM)--17 May 2012
15th Meeting (PM)--18 May 2012
Webcasts:
Opening of the Eleventh Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Cultural Event on the Occasion of the 11th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Interview with Mirna Cunningham, former UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Chair