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November 15, 2011
I welcome Canada’s endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples . In doing so, the Government of Canada has reaff...
April 20, 2011
Due to the renovation work at UN Headquarters, there is limited space in the conference rooms. The United Nations will issue special day passes in add...
March 25, 2011
The Special Rapporteur, Professor James Anaya, will hold individual meetings with representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations during the t...
February 01, 2011
Online pre-registration is now open. Those who wish to attend the tenth session of the Permanent Forum must pre-register online by 1 May 2011.
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January 06, 2011
The Expert Group Meeting will begin on Wednesday 12 January at 10 AM in Conference Room 5 of the North Lawn Building at UN Headquarters in New York.
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December 17, 2010
I welcome the announcement of President Obama that the United States
formally supports the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Pe...
December 16, 2010
The United States has announced that it endorses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Earlier today President Barack O...
December 15, 2010
At a special election of the Economic and Social Council, Bertie Xavier from Guyana was elected to serve as a member of the United Nations Permanent F...
November 30, 2010
FAO has adopted a new policy on indigenous and tribal peoples. According to FAO, the policy aims to provide guidance to the agency's various technical...
November 18, 2010
On Tuesday 16 November the Third Committee of the General Assembly adopted a resolution on indigenous peoples' issues.
In this resolution, the Gener...
November 15, 2010
I welcome Canada’s endorsement of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples . In doing so, the Government of Canada has reaff...
November 12, 2010
The Government of Canada today formally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Canada's Ambassador to the United...
November 05, 2010
The United Nations Democracy Fund will open its window for new project proposals from civil society on 15 November to 31 December.
Proj...
October 29, 2010
The Expert Group Meeting will take place at UN Headquarters in New York from 12 to 14 January 2011.
The meeting will be attended by international i...
October 26, 2010
On 18 October the third committee of the United Nations General Assembly discussed indigenous issues under agenda item 66. Two reports were submitted ...
September 08, 2010
Four members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues visited Colombia from 5 to 9 July 2010. The purpose of the mission was to obse...
July 08, 2010
The International Day of the World's Indigenous People will be observed at the United Nations Headquarters in the ECOSOC Chamber of the temporary Nort...
July 02, 2010
Applications for grants under the Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade will be accepted between 1 July 2010 and 1 October 2010. Applications...
June 25, 2010
The report of the Ninth Session of the Permanent Forum is out. The report is available in all six official languages on the ninth session page.
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June 17, 2010
A new issue of the Message Stick, the SPFII newsletter is out.
Click here to download the issue.