International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 7
8-10 January 2008
This Expert Group Meeting was organized in accordance with ECOSOC decision 2007/244, which authorized a three-day international expert group meeting on indigenous languages and requested that the results of the meeting be reported to the Permanent Forum at its seventh session.
The EGM was attended by indigenous experts, UNPFII members as well as interested Member States, UN Agencies, Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations, AND Non-Governmental Organizations.
Documents:
Report of the International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
Canada
Statement by the Observer Delegaion of Canada to the EGM on Indigenous Languages
UNESCO
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
Government of Nunavut
Implementing the Dream: Our Made-in-Nunavut Language Legislation
United Confederation of Taínu People
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
FAO
FAO’s Contribution to the International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
OHCHR
The protection of Indigenous Languages: Compilation of the work of treaty bodies (1994-2006) and special procedures (2006-)
OHCHR
Human Rights Legal Framework and Indigenous Languages
Mohawk Nation at Kahnawà:ke
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
Carlos Mamani Condori
Qullasuyu: Lengua y cultura en los andes del sur
Morse Flores, ILO
The Role of International Labour Organization in the Promotion and Protection of Indigenous Languages
Priscilla Settee
Native Languages Supporting Indigenous Knowledge
SPFII
Expert Group on Indigenous Languages: Draft Programme of Work
Jeanie Bell
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
Hassan Id Balkassm
Legal and Constitutional Status of Amazigh Language in Morocco and North Africa
Luis Montaluisa Chasiquiza
Lenguas Indígenas Vivas del Ecuador
SPFII
Draft Agenda for EGM on Indigenous Languages
SPFII
Indigenous Languages: Background paper
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Indigenous Languages in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo,
Indigenous Languages in Botswana
Carl Christian Olsen
Inuit Language
Anne Lasimbang
Teaching Indigenous Language through Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for INdigenous Children in Sabah, Borneo
Fenya Likhanova
The Situation of small-numbered Indigenous Languages of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
