The side event Moving Forward: Securing the rights and contributions of indigenous peoples in the 2030 Agenda will take place on 15 July 1.15-2.30 at the UN Headquarters in New York, Conference Room 6.

The side event is part of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2016 and aims to discuss how to ensure that indigenous peoples are not left behind in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

About:

Time: 15 July 2016 – 1:15-2:30 PM

Location: Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters, New York

Programme

Spiritual Ceremony and welcome

Moderator

• Joan Carling, Expert Member of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Panellists

• Sean Batten, Director of Global Development Policy, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission of Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC)

Special Remarks

• Deirdre Mc Grenra, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Roberto Borrero, Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group/International Indian Treaty Council
• Birgitte Feiring, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Questions and Answers

Closing remarks by Ms. Otilia Lux de Coti, former Expert Member of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Interpretation will be available in Spanish and English

Background:

The world’s indigenous peoples need to be at the centre of the 2030 Agenda with its promise to “leave no one behind.” Indigenous peoples make up 5 per cent of the world’s population, but 15 per cent of the poorest. They lag behind on virtually every social and economic indicator and continue to face persistent marginalisation.

Indigenous peoples have participated in the consultation process towards the 2030 Agenda, and their advocacy resulted in a framework that makes references to indigenous peoples’ development concerns and is founded on principles of universality, human rights, equality and sustainability – core priorities for indigenous peoples.

When moving forward towards implementation, indigenous peoples have called for participation and implementation that is culturally sensitive and fully respects the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the right to self-determination, collective rights to land and free, prior and informed consent amongst others. They have called for data disaggregation and statistics that measure progress for indigenous peoples across the 17 SDGs. To ensure this, consistent participation of indigenous peoples in implementation and review from national action plans to the global level at High Level Political Forum is essential.

How to sign up:

All participants who would like to attend the event, but do not have UN grounds pass, should send a request with their name, organization and e-mail to indigenous_un@un.org by Wednesday 13 July, 2016 at 12 pm.

Organisers

The side event is organised by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Division of Social Policy and Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of Australia to the UN.

Flyer

Download the flyer to the event here: Side Event Flyer_Securing the rights and contributions of indigenous peoples in the 2030 Agenda_15 July 1.15-2.30

To learn more about indigenous peoples and the 2030 Agenda, read more at the pages here.