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Special Events and other Parallell Events at the Fifth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
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| TIME | Translation Languages | Title of Event | Organizer | Location of Event | |
| Week One | |||||
| Monday 15 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. |
Translation: ES/EN |
Empowerment in Reproductive Rights: UNFPA’s contribution to the attainment of MDGs 3 and 5 of Indigenous Women | UNFPA | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m | The United Nations and Youth: Tackling Poverty together |
United Nations Programme of Youth Co-sponsors: Global Youth Action Network and SPFII |
Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Presentation of the Fellowship Programme for indigenous peoples of the OHCHR | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | DC2-19th Floor Conference Room | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Transforming the patriarchal order to a human rights system through the learning about human rights as a way of life |
People’s Decade for Human Rights Education | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Short screenings and panel discussion on New Media & Culture: The Importance of Native Perspective |
National GeographicAll Roads Film Project | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | ||
| Tuesday, 16 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Launching of the book: The Indigenous World 2006 | International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs -IWGIA | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | HIV/AIDS and Traditional Medicine | MADRE Inc. Co-sponsors: International Indigenous Women’s Forum & SPFII |
Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Water is life | The American Indian Law Alliance; 7th Generation Fund; the United Methodist Office at the United Nations; Native Women’s Association of Canada and the United Methodist Church Native American Ministries | United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Native American Writers on Writing | Muhlenberg College | DC2-12th Floor Conference Room |
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| 6:10 p.m. | Cultural Exhibit opening and reception with the participation of indigenous performers of around the world. | UNDPI, the NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and SPFII | UN Visitors Lobby | ||
| Wednesday, 17 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples | International Funders for Indigenous Peoples | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions against misappropriation |
World Intellectual Property Organization -WIPO | Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Can the MDG 8 help the Maasai help the Maasai get out of poverty, marginalization and exclusion on the mainstreaming process? | Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization –MPIDO | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Land Without Law, Law Without Land: The Road to Autonomy | Indigenous People of the Pacific Alliance –IPPA | DC2-12th Floor Conference Room | ||
| 3:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
The Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network (IWBN): Indigenous Women and the MDGs | Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples –NCIV | Conference Room 2 | |
| 4:35 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Achieving the MDGs and combating child labour in indigenous communities | ILO | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | International Service for Human Rights | The International Human Rights Framework: Opportunities and Challenges for Indigenous Peoples | United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 12th Floor |
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1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Indigenous peoples' Toronto Charter on HIV/AIDS | New York City’s American Indian Community House and the NorthEast Two-Spirit Society Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance, North East Two-Spirit Society & American Indian Community House |
United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 8th Floor |
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| 3:15 p.m. | Opening of the Indigenous Bazaar with art crafts made by indigenous peoples around the world. | United Methodist Office for the United Nations
Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance, The Flying Eagle Women Fund and SPFII |
United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 8th. Floor |
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| Thursday, 18 May | |||||
| 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. | Indigenous Bazaar with art crafts made by indigenous peoples around the world | United Methodist Office for the United Nations
Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance, The Flying Eagle Women Fund and SPFII |
United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 8th Floor |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
The Evaluation of the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People | The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Multicultural Nation Program Co-sponsor: Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization | Tebtebba Foundation Co-sponsor: International Forum on Globalization |
Conference Room 6 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Regional meeting:Indigenous self determination in the Pacific | SPFII | Conference Room D | ||
| 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. | Papal Bulls, Manifest Destiny & American Empire | The American Indian Law Alliance; 7th Generation Fund; the United Methodist Office at the United Nations; Native Women’s Association of Canada and the United Methodist Church Native American Ministries | United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 8th Floor |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Presentation on The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Population | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | DC2-12th Floor Conference Room |
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| 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Honoring Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa O’Peqtaw-Metamoh – Flying Eagle Woman, 1957-1999 | Co-sponsored by: The Flying Eagle Woman Fund for Peace, Justice and Sovereignty; The American Indian Community House and SPFII | United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor |
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| Friday, 19 May | |||||
| 10:00a.m.-1:00pm. | Translation: ES/EN |
Workshop: Can Intellectual Property Serve as a Practical Tool for Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions for the Advancement of Indigenous Women and Community Development in General? | World Intellectual Property Organization -WIPO | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Regional meeting: Focus on Latin America and The Caribbean | SPFII Co-sponsor: UNICEF Latin America Country Office |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Information on the proposed Nordic Saami Convention | Saami Parliament in Norway. |
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Partnership with indigenous peoples in Asia: Challenges and Trends | UNDP Regional Initiative on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Development Co-sponsors: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation, Tebtebba Foundation, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, CHT NGO Forum, PACOS and AMAN |
Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m | Cultural presentation of Indigenous Khmer Krom | Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation |
DC2-12th Floor Conference Room |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Sacred Sites and the Environment from an Indigenous Perspective | Yachay Wasi | DC2-8th Floor Conference Room 802 |
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| Week Two | |||||
| Monday, 22 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: RU/EN |
Regional meeting: Highlighting the Arctic | Arctic Council, ICC and RAIPON | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | How e-governance helps to bring good governance and improve democratic processes | Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations | Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Mobility, Livelihoods, Conservation, and Environmental Impacts on Mobile Peoples | The World Alliance of Mobile Peoples –WAMIP Co-sponsor: The Standing Committee of the Dana Declaration for Mobile Peoples and Conservation |
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | The Draft U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Inuit Circumploar Conference and the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) | United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 1st. Floor |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion | NGO Group on the CRC Indigenous Sub Group | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room | ||
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | From Commission to Council & UN Reform: Quo Vadis? | Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) | United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 2nd. Floor |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Natives in New York, Seeking Justice at the United Nations | Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaii |
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | ||
| Tuesday, 23 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Violence Against Indigenous Women | MADRE Inc. Co-sponsors: International Indigenous Women’s Forum & SPFII |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Indigenous Peoples and the WSIS: Toward International Indigenous Connectivity | Indigenous ICT Task Force Co-sponsor: Government of Canada and Government of Sweden |
Conference Room 3 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Presentation of the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the Word’s’ Indigenous | SPFII | Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Who owns Indigenous Property and who benefits from Indigenous asset allocation mapping and funding? | First People Worldwide | Conference Room 5 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Capacity Training |
Earth Peoples Co-sponsor: Society for Threatened Peoples International |
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Importance of cultural rights of indigenous peoples within the MDGs framework | Guatemala Peace and Developmnt Network, SERPAJ and Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations | DC2-12th Floor Conference Room |
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| Wednesday, 24 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Policies of International Financial Institutions on Indigenous Peoples: Implementation and Monitoring Challenges | Tebtebba Foundation Co-sponsor: Forest Peoples’ Program |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Indigenous Children and families in a landscape of risk: Challenges and Solutions in realizing the MDGs | International Federation of Social Workers Co-sponsor: Vivat International |
Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Rethinking the past: How India’s Ancient Indigenous teaching offer solutions for improving sustainability and meeting the MDGs | Sri Vijayeshwari Devi Rural Institute for Education and Medicine Co-sponsors: ActionAid International and Agricultural Missions, Inc. |
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Caribbean First Nations and the MDGs: Towards a Special Consultative Session | United Confederation of Taino People Co-sponsors: Permanent Mission of Dominica to the United Nations andIndigenous Peoples Caucus of the Greater Caribbean. |
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room | ||
| Thursday, 25 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Translation: ES/EN |
Using participatory video as a tool to increase indigenous participation in reaching the MDGs | UNDP Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme Co-sponsors: UNDP Human Rights Strengthening programme (HURIST), UNDP Civil Society Organizations Division (CSO) and UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m | Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage: a Holistic Approach to Protecting Indigenous Knowledge | Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Livelihoods, IIED, Andes and Call of the Earth | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Self-determination and role of Indigenous Women | Quebec Native Women Inc. |
Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Regional meeting: Focus on North America | SPFII | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | ||
| Friday, 26 May | |||||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Transnational Networks and their support to indigenous human rights and self-determination | Iberoamerican Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC) | Conference Room D | ||
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m | Survival of the forgotten | Ethiopian World Federation | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room | ||