NEWS
AND EVENTS
FUNDING GUIDELINES FOR ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE SECOND
INTERNATIONAL DECADE: The
Secretariat is pleased to announce the guidelines for submission
of project proposals relating to activities for the Second
International Decade. The deadline for submission of project
proposals is 15 January 2006. Please see click on the guidelines
for eligibility criteria and proposal submission requirements>>>
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PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF
THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
On
22 December 2004, the General Assembly adopted Resolution
A/RES/59/174 for a Second International Decade, which commenced
on 1 January 2005 . The Under-Secretary-General for Economic
and Social Affairs was appointed Coordinator for the Second
Decade.
Resolution
A/RES/59/174>>>[Arabic
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Program
of Action of the Second Decade, please click>>>
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NEW
Adoption of the Third Committee Report A/60/506 on Indigenous
Issues by the General Assembly Plenary, which contains the
Resolution and Programme of Action of the Second Decade,
16 December 2005>>> [Arabic
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GUIDELINES FOR THE LOGO COMPETITION OF THE UNPFII FOR INDIGENOUS
CHILDREN >>>
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COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION: The
United Nations Statistics Division in cooperation with the
Permanent Forum reviewed national practices in data collection
and dissemination in the areas of ethnicity, language and
religion. Currently, data
on national and/or ethnic groups is posted by sex
and urban/rural residence for each national available census
between 1985 and 2004.
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Recent events and Reports:
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PEOPLES AND INFORMATION SOCIETY, WSIS PHASE II, Tunis
2005:
The
Permanent Forum and its Secretariat participated actively
during WSIS. A final report of the parallel event on "Indigenous
Peoples and Information Society: Towards an International
Indigenous Portal" is now available>>>Agenda
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14 - 17 November 2005, Tunisia
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Indigenous Thematic Planning Conference for Tunisia [
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ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE INTER-AGENCY SUPPORT GROUP ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
(IASG), 19-21 September 2005, Panama City: The
2005 Annual meeting of the IASG was hosted by the UNICEF Regional
Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus of the
2005 meeting was to strengthen the link between the UNPFII
and the work of the UN system at the regional and country
levels and discuss ways to implement the recommendations of
UNPFII at regional and national levels. The report of the
meeting is currently being finalized and will be submitted
to the Fifth Session of the Permanent Forum in May 2006. Draft
Agenda
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TECHNICAL
WORKSHOP ON TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
21-23 September 2005, Panama City: The
Secretariat of the Permanent Forum organized this workshop
in coordination with the IASG and UNICEF's Regional Office
for Latin America and the Caribbean. Background papers of
the workshop are now posted on the website>>>
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INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:
To
read the program, messages from the Secretary General and heads
of other UN agencies, please click on the following>>>9
August 2005
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WORKSHOP
ON ENGAGING THE MARGINALIZED: Partnerships between Indigenous
Peoples, Governments and Civil Society.
Please see the following for program details,
list of resource speakers, and background documents of the
workshop>>> Engaging
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SECRETARY
GENERAL'S REPORT "IN LARGER FREEDOM: TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT,
SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL" -
Extracts of recommendations pertaining to Indigenous Peoples
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INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON CONSERVING CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY:
THE ROLE OF SACRED NATURAL SITES AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES,
Tokyo, 30 May - 2 June 2005
The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum and the Secretariat
of the Convention on Biological Diversity organized
a panel on the protection of sacred sites of indigenous
peoples in partnership with UNESCO, UNU,
and IUCN. The read the outcome and declaration of the Symposium,
click here for>>>
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