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Special Events and other Parallell Events at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
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| TIME | Title of Event | Organizer | Location | |
| Week One | ||||
| Monday 14 May | ||||
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Presentación de "La nueva política de la cooperación española con los pueblos indígenas" |
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) | Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m EN/ES |
Panel discussion on Violence Against Women |
Organizer: UNIFEM Co-sponsors: FIMI, MADRE, Amnesty International, CWGL, Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA |
Conference Room 9 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Film Screening of the work-in-progress “Discussions on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, film by Rebecca Sommer, followed by Q&A. Preceeded by cultural presentation. |
Organizer: Society of Threatened Peoples International and Earth Peoples Co-sponsors: NGO Committee Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, NGO Committee on Human Rights, Amnesty International, International Indian TreatyCouncil, OHCHR and SPFII |
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Consultation on the General Comment on Indigenous Child Rights |
Sub Group on Indigenous |
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Reception |
National Geographic | Lobby at Visitor's Entrance | |
| 6:20 p.m. | All Roads film screening |
National Geographic | Conference Room 4 | |
| 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | “We the Indigenous Peoples: Self/Portraits” - A photo project with and for indigenous peoples. For more information, see here. |
Organizer: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues | United Nation Club Room (GA-37) | |
| Tuesday, 15 May | ||||
| 8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. | Breakfast Briefing : Be seen, be heard: Indigenous Youth participation in development |
Youth Unit / DESA |
DC2-13th. Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion: Isolated Indigenous peoples and in initial contact of the Amazonian Basin and the Great Chaco |
Organizer: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Co-sponsor: IWGIA |
Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion: Using ILO Convention No. 111 to combat discrimination of traditional occupations; rights to lands, territories and resources | International Labour Organization (ILO) |
Conference Room 9 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion: Earth, Water and Life: Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change |
Organizer: Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal College at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador (CONAIE), Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade, Tonatierra, and Seventh Generation Fund |
Conference Room 7 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion: Land –An essential resource for Indigenous Peoples: A Tale of Loss and Recovery |
Organizer: International Federation of Social Workers and VIVAT International |
DC2-19th. Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion: Perspectives on indigenous land management in Australia |
Australian Mission to the United Nations | Conference Room 6 | |
| 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Welcome and Opening of the Indigenous exhibit (Programme) |
Organizers: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA Co-sponsors: UN Department of Public Information and NGO Committee Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. |
UN Visitors Lobby | |
| Wednesday, 16 May | ||||
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EN/ES |
Workshop on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Genetic resources and Indigenous Knowledge in the Convention on Biological Diversity and World Intellectual Property Organization |
Organizer: Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPBC) Co-sponsors: International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), Indigenous Youth Association of Argentina, Foundation for the Promotion of Indigenous Knowledge, Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra. |
Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Launching of IWGIA’s yearbook “The Indigenous World 2007” |
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) | Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
The Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and |
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Conference Room 8 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Inter-active Dialogue on Recent Trends in Lands, Territories and Resources in Asia |
Organizer: UNDP-Regional Indigenous Peoples Programme (UNDP-RIPP) Co-sponsors: Tebtebba Foundation, Aliansi Masyrakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA). |
Conference Room 9 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES/FR |
Panel discussion: Resolving Indigenous Land Claims: The Canadian Approach | Government of Canada – Department of Indian and Northern Affairs | Conference Room 7 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. |
Presentation by the President of the Sámi Parliament of Norway on a Nordic Sámi Convention |
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations | Conference Room 6 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Film Screening: Our Land, Our Life |
Western Shoshone Defense Project, Indigenous Environmental Network |
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. |
Mediation and Movies: An interactive introduction to resolving land disputes |
Bahá’í International Community | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. |
Panel sobre “La siembra del Carbón en las comunidades”, Mejores prácticas de responsabilidad social de la empresa carbonífera venezolana. |
Organizer: Fundación Wayuunaiki, CARBOZULIA Co-sponsors: Fundación Wayuunaiki, Fundación Anamiachón, Consejo Comunal Indígena Campo Moga- Venezuela |
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Gua'Bunaha - Our Way: 'Jumping Over' stories for Environmental and Human Health - Bauxite and Cassava Cultural Resource Development Management at "the-Place-Where-There-is-no-Bridge" |
Organizer: Gua'Bunaha: Indigenous Learning and Teaching Circle Co-sponsor: ENLACE Continental Network of Indigenous Women, Maroon Secretariat and Rupestrian CyberServices.
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DC2-12th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| Thursday, 17 May | ||||
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Indigenous women’s conversation with the Special Rapporteurs of Human Rights Council |
Organizer: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. |
Recognizing, Protecting and Managing Indigenous Territories in the Brazilian Amazon, experience of the PPTAL Project | Organizer: German Agency for technical Cooperation (GTZ) Co-sponsors: BMZ (German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development,, KfW Development Bank, FUNAI (Fundação Nacional do Indio/National Indian Foundation, Ministry of Justice, Brazil), Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon / Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB). |
Conference Room 9 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion on “Indicators of well-being and sustainability” | Tebtebba Foundation and Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | |
| 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | Indigenous Peoples' Communication for Development: A Roundtable Discussion |
Organizers: UNITAR Co-sponsor:FAO and Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion: Indigenous management of traditional territories and natural resources: Three Asia Pacific cases |
Organizer: Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific alliance (IPPA) Co-sponsors: The Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Flying Eagle Woman Fund for Peace, Justice and Sovereignty. |
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Panel discussion: The Birth of Human Rights: Indigenous contact with Europe and the origin of International Law |
Organizer: The Flying Eagle Women Fund and the American Indian Community House. Co-sponsor: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA |
Church Center |
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| Friday, 18 May | ||||
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Launching of the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People Final Report |
Organizer: Mexico Nación Multicultural Programme – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM) Co-sponsor: Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion on “Indigenous Peoples and land rights movements” |
Organizers: International Land Coalition / IFAD, Letola Trust, Congolese Union of Indigenous Women (UEFA) and Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Developmend Organization (MPIDO) |
Conference Room 9 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion among Indigenous Women of the Americas (Abya-Yala) |
Organizer: Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance (AILA), Asociacion de Comunidades Indigenas (ACOIN), Instituto Cientifico de Culturas Indigenas (ICCI), Seventh Generation Fund (SGF), Native Women's Advocacy Center. |
Conference Room 7 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m | Launching of the Manual “Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights” and presentation of the Indigenous Fellowship Programme, Spanish speaking programme | Organizer: Human Rights Institute, Deusto University. Co-sponsors: Indigenous Fellowship Programme, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of United Nations (OHCHR); Indigenous Programme, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) |
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion on Treaties, agreements and constructive arrangements: International legal instruments for defending and affirming Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to land, territories and natural resources |
Organizer: International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) Co-sponsor: Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations |
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Indigenous education: Towards a global initiative on the importance of indigenous (local) languages and cultures in education |
Organizers: Pioneer People Trust Co-sponsors: International Network for Development, SIL International |
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room |
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| 6:30 p.m. | Honoring Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa |
Organizers: Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors: American Indian Community House, SPFII |
Church Center |
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| Week Two | ||||
| Monday, 21 May | ||||
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES/ |
Presentation of the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People |
Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA | Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Launching of the International Indigenous Internet Portal |
Organizer: Indigenous ICT Task Force Co-sponsors: Incomindios Switzerland, Na Koa Ikaika I ka Lahui Hawaii |
Conference Room 9 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Seminar on Traditional Indigenous Knowledge | Organizer: Lauravetlian Information and Education Network of Indigenous Peoples (LIENIP) Co-sponsors: University of California in Los Angeles, UCLA Center for Information as Evidence |
Conference Room D | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion: The Humanitarian and human rights situation of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia |
Organizer: Native Women’s Association of Canada Co-sponsors: Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC), Inter Pares. |
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion: Empowerment of indigenous youth using media technology |
Aang Serian Media Drum Project and Earth Peoples |
DC2-13th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| Tuesday, 22 May | ||||
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion on Shamanism, traditional medicine and the maintenance of biodiversity |
Organizer: Yurta Mira Co-sponsor: Noble Institution for Environmental Peace |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion on Indigenous Women, Lands, territories and resources |
Organizer: Tebtebba Foundation Co-sponsor: Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN) |
Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion: Indigenous writers on writing |
Muhlenberg College | Conference Room 9 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion: State of Indigenous Languages |
International Organization of Indigenous Resources Development | DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Multigenerational legacies of trauma in Indigenous Peoples |
International Society for Traumatic Studies | DC2-12th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Indigenous Peoples’ Arts and Craft Fair |
Organizer: The United Nations Methodist Office for the UN, American Indian Law Alliance Co-sponsor: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
Church Center 777 UN Plaza, Floor 2nd. Floor |
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| Wednesday, 23 May | ||||
| 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Panel discussion: Co-management of natural resources on ancestral lands | Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador | Conference Room 2 | |
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EN/ES |
Dialogue for the Future: Indigenous entrepreneurship, opportunities and challenges |
Organizer: Tribal Link Foundation Co-sponsor: UNDP Equator Initiative, The GEF Small Grants Programme and Aveda. |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion on The critical state of First Nations Languages in Canada |
Organizer: Assembly of First Nations Co-sponsor: The Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada |
Conference Room 2 | |
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel presentation on the Agenda for the accomplishment of indigenous children rights in Ecuador |
Organizer: Confederación de los Pueblos de Nacionalidad Kichwa del Ecuador (ECUARUNARI)/ CONAIE Co-sponsor: UNICEF -Ecuador |
Conference Room 9 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | New Indigenous Voices 2007: “Ephemera: Reconciliation Monologues” |
Organizer : Australian Aboriginal Theater Initiative (AATI) Co-sponsor: Eora College of Aboriginal Studies, Centre for Visual & Performing Arts (Sydney, Australia) |
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Panel discussion on the follow-up of the World Summit on Information Society with focus on economic development |
Organizer: International Organization of Indigenous Resources Development Co-sponsor: IORD, AFN of Treaties 6, 7 and 8 Alberta. |
Conference Room D | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Part I “Survival of the Forgotten -2007” the revealing of the Ethiopian World Federation Ecological, sustainable model city |
Organizer: Ethiopian World Federation Co-sponsors: Moorish National Republic, Roots and Culture Productions, Arts International, Binay Society and Washita Nation. |
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Indigenous Peoples’ Arts and Craft Fair |
Organizer: The United Nations Methodist Office for the UN, American Indian Law Alliance Co-sponsor: Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
Church Center 777 UN Plaza, Floor 2nd. Floor |
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| Thursday, 24 May | ||||
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. |
Launching of the book “Indigenous Women and the United Nations System” and the Briefing Notes on “Gender and Indigenous Peoples” |
Organizers: Task Force on Indigenous Women / IANGWE Co-sponsors: OSAGI and Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA |
Conference Room 2 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m | How to advocate for indigenous peoples’ rights at the United Nations | First Nations Development Institute / First Peoples Worldwide | Conference Room 9 | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Film screening: Being a Rapanui in Chile | Rapanui Parliament |
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium | |
| 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. | Part II “Resisting Soul Assimilation” in order to preserve Indigenous lands, territories and natural resources | Ethiopian World Federation | DC2-19th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street |
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| Friday, 25 May | ||||
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. EN/ES |
Panel discussion on Funding for Indigenous Women’s Rights |
Organizer: International Indigenous Women’s Forum FIMI Co-sponsor: MADRE, AWIDA, Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) –DESA |
Conference Room 9 | |