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UN-backed scheme targets inequality in Nepal’s rural communities
9 May 2008 - The United Nations rural development arm announced today that it is providing $4 million towards a project that aims to tackle the exclusion of groups such as women, dalits and indigenous peoples in rural communities in Nepal.
Indigenous peoples have crucial role in climate change debate – UN forum
5 May 2008 - Indigenous peoples have an important role to play in the global response to climate change, given their knowledge and experience with impacts of the phenomenon, and should be included in the international debate on the issue, a United Nations gathering on indigenous affairs concluded.
Indigenous peoples most affected by climate change, Assembly President says
1 May 2008 - Indigenous peoples are “most directly affected by environmental degradation caused by climate change,” and are “the stewards of some of the most precious biologically diverse regions of the world,” the President of the General Assembly said today.
Colombia: UN agencies hand out emergency food to isolated indigenous groups
22 April 2008 - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have started distributing emergency aid to several indigenous communities in east-central Colombia living in an isolated area being disputed by Government forces and irregular armed groups.
Thousands gather as annual indigenous forum kicks off at UN Headquarters
Press releases
- PROTECT, PROMOTE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE - 23 July 2008
- NEW YORK FESTIVALS/UN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT RADIO AWARDS ON GLOBAL HEALTH, CHILDREN’S PROTECTION, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, FREE SPEECH TO BE PRESENTED 19 JUNE - 18 June 2008
- PERMANENT FORUM HAILS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION, PLEDGES TO MAKE IT ‘A LIVING DOCUMENT’, AS SEVENTH SESSION CONCLUDES - 2 May 2008
- SPEAKERS ADDRESS FUTURE ROLE OF PERMANENT FORUM IN ENSURING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS GIVEN EQUAL WEIGHT WITH OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES - 1 May 2008
- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FACE GROWING CRISIS AS CLIMATE CHANGE, UNCHECKED ECONOMIC GROWTH, UNFAVOURABLE DOMESTIC LAWS FORCE THEM FROM LANDS, FORUM TOLD - 30 April 2008
- PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DISCUSSES WAYS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE COUNTRIES’ IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON RIGHTS - 29 April 2008
- PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES EXAMINES VALUE OF INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNDER UNIVERSAL REVIEW MECHANISM - 28 April 2008
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