CALENDAR OF UNITED NATIONS
AND INTER-GOVERNMENTAL INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

PERTINENT TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

OCTOBER 2005

DATE	EVENT	PLACE	CONTACT
3-4 October	Strengthening the practical application of policies for supporting indigenous peoples through development cooperation	ILO Headquarters, Geneva	Ms. Birgite Feiring Chief Technical Advisor, Project to Promote ILO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Email: feiring@ilo.org
19 October	General Assembly Agenda Item on Indigenous Issues	UN Headquarters, New York	Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Division for Social Policy and Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2 UN Plaza, New York, New York 10017 Email: IndigenousPermanentForum@un.org

NOVEMBER 2005

DATE	EVENT	PLACE	CONTACT
3-5 November	Business and the Biodiversity Challenge	Sau Paolo, Brazil	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
8-11 November	International Symposium on Isolated Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon	Belém, Pará, Brazil	General Coordination for Isolated Indigenous Peoples Indian National Foundation (FUNAI)
16-18 November	World Summit Information Society Phase II	Tunis	Ms. Miriam Masaquiza Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Division for Social Policy and Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs UN Secretariat New York Email: masaquiza@un.org
26-27 November	Indigenous Preparatory Meeting for the Eleventh Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-11)	Montreal, Canada
28 November - 2 December	The Eleventh Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA - 11)	Montreal, Canada

DECEMBER 2005

DATE	EVENT	PLACE	CONTACT
3-4 December	Indigenous Preparatory Meeting for the eleventh session of the inter-sessional working group on the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples	Geneva, Switzerland	Ms. Samia Slimane Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland Email: sslimane@ohchr.org
5-9 December 2005	Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas	Montreal, Canada	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
5-16 December	The eleventh session of the inter-sessional working group on the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples	Geneva, Switzerland	Ms. Samia Slimane Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland Email: sslimane@ohchr.org

 JANUARY 2006

DATE	EVENT	PLACE	CONTACT
11-13 January	International Expert Workshop on the Millennium Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples	UN Headquarters, New York	Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Division for Social Policy and Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs UN Secretariat New York. Email: IndigenousPermanentForum@un.org
20 January	International Women's Biodiversity Network	Granada, Spain
21-22 January	International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity	Granada, Spain
23-27 January	Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)	Granada, Spain
28-29 January	Indigenous Preparatory Meeting for the eleventh session of the inter-sessional working group on the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples	Geneva, Switzerland	Ms. Samia Slimane Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland Email: sslimane@ohchr.org