UNPFII Twenty-second Session: 17-28 April 2023
The twenty-second session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will take place at United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 17-28 April 2023. The priority theme of the session is: “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”. The session will take place in-person only. For more […]
UN 2023 Water Conference, UNHQ, New York, 22-24 March 2023
The UN 2023 Water Conference – formally known as the 2023 Conference for the Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028) – will take place at UN Headquarters in New York, 22-24 March 2023, co-hosted by Tajikistan and the Netherlands. The conference will include an opening […]
High-level event to launch the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, UN Headquarters, New York
On 16 December 2022, the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly, Csaba KŐRÖSI, convened a high-level event to launch of the 2022-2032 International Decade of Indigenous Languages in New York, in line with the 2022 General Assembly resolution 75/168. The high-level event took place at the GA Hall at the United Nations Headquarters.
General Assembly Adopts Annual Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
On 15 December 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted the report on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, containing one draft resolution of the same name (A/77/460). Among other issues, the resolution: Stresses that Indigenous Peoples, including those who are in voluntary isolation or initial contact, have the right of self-determination, and can choose to […]
Statement of the Chairperson of the UNPFII at the Nature and Culture Summit, COP 15 – Montreal, Canada
Speech by Mr. Dario Mejia Montalvo, President of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (For the original version in Spanish, click here) Question: The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is one of three United Nations mechanisms dealing with the rights of Indigenous Peoples, whose mandate is to discuss Indigenous issues related to economic and social […]
GA Third Committee Approves Resolution “Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
On 4 November, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee) of the 77th session of the General Assembly discussed Rights of Indigenous Peoples [item 65 (a)]. The Committee took up the draft resolution “Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (document A/C.3/77/L.20/Rev.1). Among other issues, the resolution: Stresses that Indigenous Peoples, including those who are in voluntary isolation or initial contact, have […]
EGM: Truth, Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Processes, 15-17 November 2022, Santiago, Chile
Every year, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch within the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organizes an international expert group meeting (EGM) on a theme recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The Permanent Forum at its […]
Statement by the Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on the 15th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Video Statement by Dario Mejía Montalvo, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on the 15th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
