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Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Special theme:  Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges

21 April - 2 May, 2008
UN Headquarters, New York

Report on the Seventh Session >>>[AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH]

 

Opening Ceremony of the Seventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues, 11.00 a .m. -1.00 p.m., Conference Room 2

The President of Bolivia, H.E. Evo Morales Ayma will address the opening ceremony of the seventh session of the Permanent Forum.

Provisional Agenda

Organization of Work

News from the Seventh Session

Press kits and fact sheets

Pre-registration

Practical information for participants

Organisation of special events

Documents of the Session

Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples - background information

Press Releases

 

Provisional agenda and documentation for the seventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Special theme: “Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the
stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges”.
4. Implementation of the recommendations on the six mandated areas of the
Permanent Forum and on the Millennium Development Goals:
(a) Economic and social development;
(b) Environment;
(c) Health;
(d) Education;
(e) Culture;
(f) Human rights.
5. Human rights: dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and other special
rapporteurs.
6. Half-day discussion on the Pacific.
7. Half-day discussion on indigenous languages.
8. Ongoing priorities and themes and follow-up:
(a) Indigenous children and youth;
(b) Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People;
(c) Urban indigenous peoples and migration.
9. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including emerging issues.
10. Draft agenda for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum.
11. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its seventh session.

 

Press kits and fact sheets

Closing Press Release

Opening Press Release: Climate Change, biodiversity and indigenous peoples

Backgrounder: Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

Fact sheet: Indigenous Languages

Fact sheet: Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration

Fact sheet: Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific Region

News from the seventh session, contained in a number of press releases


Speeches and statements

Statement by Evo Morales, President of Bolivia

 

Practical Information for Participants

Information note for Indigenous Peoples' Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations on the Seventh Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Frequently asked questions on NGO participation:
[Accreditation and Pre-registration]
[Participation]
[Submission of written statements]

Handbook for Participants at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The handbook is available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.

Logistical information (accommodation, transportation and other useful information) -please note that some of this information may become outdated.

Media accreditation

Guidelines for the use of visual recording equipment at the session

 

Special Events

List of all special events

 

DOCUMENTS

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