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PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DESA - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC & SOCIAL AFFAIRS In April 2000, during the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, the Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution to establish the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Three months later the Permanent Forum came into formal existence when ECOSOC, the Economic and Social Council, endorsed the resolution. The Permanent Forum is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. Its mandate is to discuss indigenous issues related to culture, economic and social development, education, the environment, health and human rights.   The Secretariat  |   Work of the Permanent Forum Sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Contact us UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PRGRAMME BACKGROUND Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations System

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OFFICES	PROGRAMMES
UN MAIN BODIES ABOUT THE UN	GA - GENERAL ASSEMBLY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - Gender Equality and UN Millennium Development Goals UN REFORM ECOSOC - UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Working Group on Indigenous Populations Open-ended Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Working Group on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
HUMAN RIGHTS OHCHR HOME PAGE	OHCHR - OFFICE OF THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OHCHR and Indigenous Peoples   Working Group on Indigenous Populations United Nations Guide for Indigenous Peoples
SUBTOPICS & UN OFFICES	PROGRAMMES
DEVELOPMENT UNDP HOME PAGE	IFAD - INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IFAD and Indigenous Peoples UNDP - UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNDP and Indigenous Peoples
FINANCE WORLD BANK HOME PAGE	THE WORLD BANK The World Bank and Indigenous Peoples Development Gateway: Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Knowledge Initiative
EDUCATION, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES UNESCO HOME PAGE	UNESCO - UN EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Culture   - Action in Favour of Indigenous Peoples - Cultural Diversity - Intercultural Dialogue Freedom of Expression   Multilingualism on the Internet Tolerance Programme
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  WIPO HOME PAGE	WIPO - WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore Intellectual Property and Life Sciences   -Traditional Knowledge
LABOUR ILO HOME PAGE	ILO - INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Indigenous Peoples Job Creation and Enterprise Development Social Dialogue Socal Protection