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Index - Documents - Permanent Forum Print!         PRESS CONFERENCE ON NINTH SESSION OF INDIGENOUS FORUMThe Government of New Zealand was now in support of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Pita Sharples, Minister of Māori Affairs of New Zealand, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference on the opening day of the ninth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.27.04.2010  ACCESS, BENEFIT SHARING FROM GENETIC RESOURCES, PROTECTING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOCUS OF UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM DIALOGUEHears Reports by Biological Diversity Convention Secretariat, UN Human Settlements Official on Behalf of Inter-Agency Support Group27.04.2010  RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ‘DEEP, SYSTEMIC AND WIDESPREAD’SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TELLS UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUMAlso Briefed by Chair of Human Rights Council’s Expert Mechanism Afternoon Session Devoted to Discussion of Indigenous Peoples in North America27.04.2010  UN Indigenous Forum Holds Dialogue with Governments of Bolivia, ParaguayPermanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesConcerning Findings of 2009 Missions to Each Country. Reports Describe Evidence of Forced Labour for Guaraní People, Other Indigenous Groups, in Violation of International Treaties, Conventions. 23.04.2010  State of the World’s Indigenous PeoplesUN - Department of Economic and Social Affairs14.01.2010  NOTE: FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARY STATEMENTS IN TODAY’S MEETING OF THE PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES. A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, AS PRESS RELEASE HR/4988.UN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  RECOGNIZING POVERTY’S DIVERSITY, TURNING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ UNIQUENESS INTO ASSET. FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS, PERMANENT FORUM TOLDUN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  PERMANENT FORUM, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, SEEK CHANGE IN UNITED NATIONS WORKING METHODS. TO TURN THEIR CONCERNS INTO DRIVING FORCE BEHIND, NOT JUST OBJECT OF, STRATEGIESUN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  INDIGENOUS GROUPS CALL FOR HALT BY FOREIGN COMPANIES TO LAND USE FOR OIL, MINING, WITHOUT THEIR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, CONSENT, AS PERMANENT FORUM CONTINUESUN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS OPTIMISM FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ BETTER FUTURE ANIMATED. BY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT TEMPERED BY REALITY OF ONGOING STRUGGLESUN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WORLDWIDE URGE GOVERNMENTS TO REDRESS ENTRENCHED LACK OF RESPECT. FOR THEIR VALUES, OVERHAUL LEGISLATION, ENDORSE DECLARATION, IN PERMANENT FORUMUN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  ‘WE IGNORE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AT OUR PERIL’, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL. AS PERMANENT FORUM OPENS EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION AMID ‘SWARM OF CRISES’UN - Economic and Social Council27.05.2009  UNITE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS TO ADDRESS COMMON THREATS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT OPENING OF PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUESUN - Deputy Secretary-General27.05.2009  PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DISCUSSES WAYS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY PROMOTEUN Economic and Social CouncilCOUNTRIES’ IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON RIGHTS21.05.2008  INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FACE GROWING CRISIS AS CLIMATE CHANGE, UNCHECKED ECONOMICUN Economic and Social CouncilGROWTH, UNFAVOURABLE DOMESTIC LAWS FORCE THEM FROM LANDS, FORUM TOLD21.05.2008  PERMANENT FORUM HAILS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION, PLEDGES TO MAKE IT ‘A LIVING DOCUMENT’, AS SEVENTH SESSION CONCLUDESUN Economic and Social CouncilOn Special Theme, Says Indigenous Ways of Life Threatened by Climate Change, Calls for Indigenous Participation in All Aspects of International Debate on Issue 04.05.2008  SPEAKERS ADDRESS FUTURE ROLE OF PERMANENT FORUM IN ENSURING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS GIVEN EQUAL WEIGHT WITH OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUESUN Economic and Social CouncilHears from Economic and Social Affairs Head, General Assembly President 04.05.2008  PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES EXAMINES VALUE OF INCREASED COLLABORATIONUN Economic and Social CouncilWITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNDER UNIVERSAL REVIEW MECHANISM29.04.2008  PERMANENT FORUM SPEAKERS SAY VIOLATION OF LANGUAGE RIGHTS ‘CULTURAL GENOCIDE’UN Economic and Social CouncilCALL FOR CONCRETE PUBLIC POLICY TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES28.04.2008  SUMMARIES OF STATEMENTS MADE TODAY TO THE PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUESUN Economic and Social Council25.04.2008  DUMPING OF TOXIC WASTE ON INDIGENOUS LANDS, DAMAGE FROM MINING, DEFORESTATIONUN Economic and Social CouncilAMONG ISSUES, AS INDIGENOUS FORUM DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON PACIFIC REGION25.04.2008  INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MUST BE INCLUDED IN GLOBAL NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE, SAY SPEAKERS IN PERMANENT FORUMUN Economic and Social Council24.04.2008  BOLIVIA’S PRESIDENT URGES DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM BASED ON ‘HOW TO LIVE WELL’UN Economic and Social Council22.04.2008  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 25 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS30.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 24 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS30.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 23 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS30.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 22 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS30.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 21 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS30.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 18 MAY RIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS19.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 17 MAY RIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS19.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 16 MAY RIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS19.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 15 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS19.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 14 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS19.05.2007  UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS FORUM·S SIXTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 11 MAYRIGHTS TO LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES FOCUS19.05.2007  UN FORUM RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTSEconomic and Social CouncilBY 61ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AS FIFTH SESSION CONCLUDES. Texts Address Indigenous Participation in Achieving, Anti-Poverty Goals, Africa’s Indigenous, Second International Decade, among Others28.05.2006  SPEAKERS CALL ON UN FORUM TO STEP UP LEADERSHIP ROLE, DO EVEN MORE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO PLIGHT OF INEconomic and Social CouncilMany Express High Hopes for Work of Forum, but Say Recommendations on Human Rights, Development Concerns Not Implemented28.05.2006  INDIGENOUS FORUM DISCUSSES WAYS TO BETTER IMPLEMENTEconomic and Social CouncilRECOMMENDATIONS FROM 2002 - 2004 SESSIONS28.05.2006  UN FORUM SPEAKERS CALL FOR RESOURCESEconomic and Social CouncilUN FORUM SPEAKERS CALL FOR RESOURCES, LEGISLATION TO HELP END DISCRIMINATION, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE FACED BY INDIGENOUS WOMEN, YOUTH28.05.2006  UN FORUM SPEAKERS URGE RAPID ADOPTION OF LONG-NEGOTIATEDUN Economic and Social CouncilDRAFT DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS 28.05.2006