International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 7
8-10 January 2008
This Expert Group Meeting is being 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 will be attended by indigenous experts, UNPFII members as well as interested Member States, UN Agencies, Indigenous Peoples' Organizatinos, AND Non-Governmental Organizations. Interested parties should contact the Secretariat about participating in the EGM as observers. Please note that space in the conference room is limited and the Secretariat may not be able to accommodate all requests for participation.
Practical information for participants
The Meeting will begin at 10 AM on Tuesday 8 January in Conference Room 7 at UN Headquarters. Participants who have already registered and who do not have UN passes must enter the UN through the Visitor's Entrance at 1st. Avenue and 45th. Street. After going through security, participants should look for a table in the Lobby with a UNPFII sign, where they can pick up their passes, which are necessary to have access to the conference rooms. Passes may be picked up between 9 and 10 AM on Tuesday morning in Lobby of the Visitors' Entrance.
The meeting times will be the following throughout the three days.
Morning Session: 10 AM - 1 PM
Afternoon Session 3 PM - 6 PM
Contact: sigurdarson[at]un.org
Documents
Report of the International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
January 29 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
Canada
Statement by the Observer Delegaion of Canada to the EGM on Indigenous Languages
January 25 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
UNESCO
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 22 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
Government of Nunavut
Implementing the Dream: Our Made-in-Nunavut Language Legislation
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 20 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
United Confederation of Taínu People
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 18 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
FAO
FAOs Contribution to the International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
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January 18 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
OHCHR
The protection of Indigenous Languages: Compilation of the work of treaty bodies (1994-2006) and special procedures (2006-)
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 18 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
OHCHR
Human Rights Legal Framework and Indigenous Languages
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January 18 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Mohawk Nation at Kahnawà:ke
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 18 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Adobe Acrobat (pdf)
Carlos Mamani Condori
Qullasuyu: Lengua y cultura en los andes del sur
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ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 7 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Morse Flores, ILO
The Role of International Labour Organization in the Promotion and Protection of Indigenous Languages
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 7 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Priscilla Settee
Native Languages Supporting Indigenous Knowledge
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 4 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
SPFII
Expert Group on Indigenous Languages: Draft Programme of Work
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
January 3 2008 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Jeanie Bell
Presentation to the Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Hassan Id Balkassm
Legal and Constitutional Status of Amazigh Language in Morocco and North Africa
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
Luis Montaluisa Chasiquiza
Lenguas Indígenas Vivas del Ecuador
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ES | FR | RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
SPFII
Draft Agenda for EGM on Indigenous Languages
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December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
SPFII
Indigenous Languages: Background paper
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December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Indigenous Languages in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo,
Indigenous Languages in Botswana
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Carl Christian Olsen
Inuit Language
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December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper
Anne Lasimbang
Teaching Indigenous Language through Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for INdigenous Children in Sabah, Borneo
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EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
Fenya Likhanova
The Situation of small-numbered Indigenous Languages of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
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RU | ZH
December 24 2007 | workshop/egm paper |
Microsoft Word (doc)
