UNPFII17 Programme of work 2018

15 February 2018

The UNPFII Forum members have decided on changes to the two-week annual session.  The first week will be all open plenary meetings. There will be no closed meetings during the first week. A condensed schedule during the first week will see the Permanent Forum discuss all substantive agenda items.

The second week will consist of bilateral and closed meetings of the PFII members, with the adoption of the report on the final day. During the second week, Members of the Permanent Forum will engage in closed meetings with indigenous peoples, Member States and UN entities as well as to prepare the Forum’s annual report, carefully considering information provided during the first week.

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First
week		 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 1-3 p.m. 3-6 p.m.
Monday
16 April		 11 am: Opening of the session, Venue TBC

  • Ceremonial sound of a traditional instrument
  • Declaration of the opening of the session by the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Liu Zhenmin (TBC)
  • Ceremonial welcome by the traditional Chief of the Onondaga Nation, Tadodaho Sid Hill
  • Election of the Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Item 1)
  • Statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. António Guterres (TBC)
  • Statement by the President of the 72th session of the General Assembly,  H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajcák (TBC)
  • Statement by the President of ECOSOC, H. E. Ambassador Marie Chatardová (TBC)
  • Election of the Bureau of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Item 1 cont.)
  • Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work (Item 2)
  • Statement by the Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  • Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Liu Zhenmin (TBC)
  • Statement by a representative of the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • Statement by a representative of a UN entity (TBC)
 Side Events Follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum (Item 3)

[Inter-active dialogue]

Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Item 4)

[Speaker’s list]

17:00 International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019

  • E/C.19/2018/8  Action plan for organizing the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages: Note by the secretariat: | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH |
Tuesday
17 April		 Discussion on the theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and natural resources” (Item 8)

  • E/C.19/2018/7  International Expert Group Meeting on the theme “Sustainable Development in Territories of Indigenous Peoples”: | AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH |

[Speaker’s list]

 Side Events Discussion on the theme: “Indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and natural resources” (Item 8, continued)

[Speaker’s list]

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Update on the indigenous peoples and the 2030 Agenda: Note by the Secretariat (E/C.19/2018/2)

[Inter-active Dialogue]
Wednesday
18 April		 Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples  (Item 10)

[Interactive dialogue]

 Side Events Dialogue with the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and others (Item 10 continued)

[Speaker’s list]
Thursday
19  April		 Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Item 4 continued)

  • Indigenous women, youth and children

[Speaker’s list]

 Side Events Implementation of the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Item 4 continued)

[Speaker’s list]

16:30 Future work (Item 12)

Speaker’s list]
Friday
20 April		 Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: (Item 11)

(a) Implementation of national action plans, strategies or other measures;

(b) Ways to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples at the United Nations;

(c) Implementation of the United Nations system-wide action plan on indigenous peoples

[Speaker’s list]

 Side Events Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples (Item 5) (closed meeting)

[Interactive dialogue]

 

 

Second week 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 1-3 p.m. 3-6 p.m.
Monday
23 April		 Dialogue with the funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system (Item 10) (closed meeting)[Interactive dialogue]

 

 Side Events Dialogue with Member States (Item 6) (closed meeting)[Speaker’s list] 

 
Tuesday
24 April		 Regional dialogues (simultaneous)

  • Arctic & Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia (Venue TBC)
  • Asia (Venue TBC)

Indigenous Peoples, States, UN entities, National Human Rights Institutions are invited to participate.

 Side Events Regional dialogues (simultaneous)

  • Pacific (Venue TBC)
  • Africa (Venue TBC)

Indigenous Peoples, States, UN entities, National Human Rights Institutions are invited to participate.
Wednesday
25 April		 Regional dialogues (simultaneous)

  • North America (Venue TBC)
  • Central & South America and the Caribbean (Venue TBC)

Indigenous Peoples, States, UN entities, National Human Rights Institutions are invited to participate.

 Side Events Closed meeting of Permanent Forum members
Thursday
26 April		 Thematic discussion on “Indigenous Peoples and Conservation”All participants attending the Permanent Forum can participate. Side Events Bilateral meetings of Permanent Forum members
Friday
27 April		 Closed meeting of Permanent Forum members Side Events Provisional agenda for the eighteenth session of the Permanent Forum (Item 13)Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its seventeenth session (Item 14)

Statement by the Chairperson of the seventeenth session of the Permanent Forum

Ceremonial closing of the session