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MAY 13, 2002
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS - NEW YORK CITY
INAUGURAL MEETING



Kofi Annan
KOFI ANNAN

YOU HAVE A HOME AT THE UNITED NATIONS

MAY 24, 2002
AM Session
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations
Address to the Permanent Forum Experts,
Indigenous representatives and government delegations

Audio: English

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TENTH SESSION
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DECIMO PERIODO DE SESIONES
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INDIGENAS DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS





Sha Zukang, Ban Ki-moon
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Sha Zukang (left), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right)


VISION

You know our ancestors were good people, and one day," he (my father) says, "time is the father of truth, one day you are going to write it, the true history. You are going to allow it that the people of your generation… you are going to re-write all that. You're going to repossess what has been stolen away, what has been taken away from you".

Dialogue
Konrad Sioui, Grand Chief of Wendake
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992

Tu sabes que nuestros antepasados eran buena gente y que algun día… el tiempo es padre a la verdad, un día tu vas a escribir la historia verdadera. Le vas a permitir a la gente de tu generación… vas a escribir de nuevo todo eso. Tu vas a recuperar lo que se ha robado, lo que te han quitado."

Diálogo
Konrad Sioui, Jefe de Wendake
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1992


MEDIA COVERAGE

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DoCip ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
A comprehensive compilation and overview of documents and statements
related to the Permanent Forum Tenth Session 2011
organized according to Agenda Items

You can follow the Audio Recordings using the Press Releases - Meetings
as a Listener's Guide for the order of speakers each day
and refer to the doCip Online Documentation
for an in depth review of Statements (pdf format)




MONDAY, APRIL 16th, 2011


General Assembly

OPENING CEREMONY - CEREMONIA DE APERTURA

UNITED NATIONS WEBCAST

10th session of the UN Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues – Opening
16 May 2011
Remarks by the Secretary-General

Languages available:
Webcast English Running time 01:17:21
Webcast Original Running time 01:17:21



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Ole Johan Jonsson Eira
Photo Credit: UN Multimedia.org Evan Schneider

Ceremonial Joik, a unique form of cultural expression for the Sámi people
by MR. OLE JOHAN JONSSON EIRA




Mr. Sha Zukang
Photo Credit: UN Org/News

MR. SHA ZUKANG
(Biography)


Declaration of the opening of the meeting by MR. SHA ZUKANG,
Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.




Tadodaho Sid Hill at UN Podium

Photo Credit:
UN Multimedia Org Evan Schneider

Ceremonial welcome by the traditional Chief of the Onondaga Nation
TADODAHO SID HILL

The text which follows is adapted from the Thanksgiving Prayer and traditional welcome spoken by Tadodaho Sid Hill. Please note that his full ceremonial welcome can be heard in the UN webcast and audio recordings.

Greetings to all who are assembled here

We put our minds together and we give thanks. The peace is here with us that they have planted and help take care of us for sustenance. It is here to help all of us as we walk about. From the sky world the four messengers help guide us, the good mind that we use during the times that we walk on earth And we receive this message of peace and how to carry on our duties for us who survive on this earth here.

We kindly put our minds together, the sky world and the Creator.

That is all.

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STATEMENTS

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
May 16th to May 27th, 2011
UN Headquarters, New York, NY


Tadodaho Sid Hill - Ceremonial welcome
Photo Credit: Kenneth Deer

TADODAHO SID HILL

I am Tadodaho, one of the leaders of the Haudenosaunee. As such, I am familiar with the facts and circumstances pertaining to the Haudenosaunee's and the Onondaga Nation's spiritual, cultural and historic practices concerning the land, the water and the creatures of the Natural World. I am a member of the Onondaga Nation's Council of Chiefs and have been present for and participated in numerous meetings when the matters of the Nation's land rights have been discussed. Further, I am familiar with the oral traditions of the Onondaga Nation and the Haudenosaunee relative to our lands and how they were lost.

The Onondaga Nation is one of the member nations of the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. The Onondaga Nation is a sovereign nation and has entered into treaties with many other nations. The Onondaga Nation is a distinct political entity with inherent, sovereign rights of self-determination and governance. The Onondaga Nation is the central fire and the fire keepers of the Haudenosaunee. Onondaga convenes the meetings of the Grand Council, the governing body of the Haudenosaunee. The other Nations of this Confederation are the Mohawk Nation, the Oneida Nation, the Cayuga Nation, the Seneca Nation and the Tuscarora Nation.



OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE ONONDAGA NATION
PEOPLE OF THE HILLS


EDITORIAL COMMENT

Tadodaho is a Chief of the Onondaga Nation, a member nation of the Haudenosaunee Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, who was honored to represent the original owners of the land on which the House of Mica, the United Nations and city of New York are built. 


United Nations

Versión español

La Casa de Mica/Naciones Unidas

Tadodaho Sid Hill and many others attending the opening ceremony of the 10th Session of the Permanent Forum in the General Assembly are a testimony to more than 500 years of colonization and resistance. Each indigenous delegate is a survivor. And for that, one also gives thanks.

However, although many Indigenous nations are represented in this room, they are not yet fully recognized as nations within the family of nations. On this occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Permanent Forum, let the dialogue between nations and nation states be elevated to new heights of respect and partnership, resulting in mutual decision-making beneficial to all who have come here to share and to review this process: reconciliation and implementation of new international strategies, relationships, stronger communities and United Nations member states and agencies enriched by each other's presence. Safe journeys home. 



Election of the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Mr. SAUL VINCENTE VASQUEZ, Zapotec, from Oaxaca, Mexico, Member of the Permanent Forum and a long-time community leader, organizer and human rights activist put forth the name of Permanent Forum member, DR. MYRNA CUNNINGHAM KAIN to become the Chairperson for the Tenth Session of the Permanent Forum.

I would like to submit the name of a woman on my list, I have names of extraordinary women, and yet, I have one to present, Dr. Myrna Cunningham, an extraordinary women, fighting for her lands and her territories. She continues to fight for the young so the struggles for her peoples' rights will be maintained…and in the prophesies for her people. I am now proposing Dr. Myrna Cunningham.

Ms.
HELEN KALJULATE, Permanent Forum member from Estonia, seconded the motion.


Dr. Myrna Cunningham Kain

DR. MYRNA CUNNINGHAM KAIN (Biography)


Dr. Cunningham Kain, a Miskita woman from Central America, is an important leader in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. She was elected by acclamation.

MADRE: PRESS ROOM
Searching For A Representative to the
UN Permanent Forum  on Indigenous Issues
An interview and Letter of Support for the candidacy
of Myrna Cunningham of MADRE's sister organization
CADPI
Author: Tarcila Rivera Zea, CHIRAPAQ,
Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú


In addition to Dr. Cunningham's important contributions and achievements mentioned in Madre's article, Dr. Cunningham is the also the author of Chapter V: Health, in the recent publication of the STATE OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. A first for the United Nations, this report was written by Indigenous Experts. You can view Dr. Cunningham in a video recorded at the launch of this report speaking at a UN Press Conference at the following link.


Webcast VIDEO: Launch of the State of the World's Indigenous Peoples


Mr. Carlos Mamani Condori Passing Baton to Dr. Myrna Cunningham Kain

Passing of baton from former Chairperson of the Permanent Forum,
MR. CARLOS MAMANI CONDORI,
to the elected Chairperson of the Permanent Forum,
DR. MYRNA CUNNINGHAM KAIN


Mr. Carlos Mamani Condori

CARLOS MAMANI CONDORI
Photo Credit: UN Org/News

CARLOS MAMANI CONDORI
DIPLOMÁTICOS INDIGENAS DISTINGUIDOS

(Español)

Sr. Carlos Mamani Condori es Aymara, Boliviano Profesor titular de la materia Realidad precolombina y colonial (Carrera de Antropología y Arqueología UMSA-La Paz), Coordinador de Investigación de la Carrera de Historia UMSA. El Sr. Carlos Mamani como miembro nominado del foro, fue elegido como presidente del Foro Permanente sobre cuestiones indigenas de las Naciones Unidas.




Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Photo Credit: UN Org/News

MR. BAN KI-MOON (Biography)

Statement by MR. BAN KI-MOON
Secretary-General, of the United Nations

Statement by MR. SHA ZUKANG
Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Secretary-General of the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development


Election of the Bureau Members
of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The Forum elected members of the Bureau for its tenth session, by acclamation. Paul Kanyinke Sena from Kenya, Dalee Sambo from the Arctic, Chief Edward John from Canada and Eva Biaudet from Finland were elected as Vice-Chairs of the session, while Paimaneh Hasteh from Iran was elected to serve as the session's Rapporteur. 


Current MEMBERS of the UN Permanent Forum
2011 - 2013


Adoption of the AGENDA and the ORGANIZATION OF WORK

PROGRAMA provisional del décimo período de sesiones
del Foro Permanente

PROYECTO DE ORGANIZACION DE LOS TRABAJOS

Statement by the CHAIRPERSON
of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
(Statement is not currently available)



Kimberly Teehee

MS. KIMBERLY TEEHEE

SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS
WHITEHOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Since January of 1998, Teehee has served as a Senior Advisor to the House of Representatives Native American Caucus Co-Chair, Congressman Dale Kildee (D-MI). A member of the Cherokee Nation, she has also served as the Director of Native American Outreach for the Presidential Inaugural Committee for President Clinton's second Inauguration. Prior to that, Teehee was the Deputy Director of Native American Outreach at the Democratic National Committee. She has also held various positions with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, including serving as a Law Clerk in the Division of Law and Justice. Teehee received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Northeastern State University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa, College of Law. While in law school, Teehee was honored with the Bureau of National Affairs Award and served in leadership positions in the National Native American Law Student Association and the Iowa Native American Law Student Association. (More)

OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE CHEROKEE NATION

Statement by Ms. Kimberly Teehee



Rebeca Grynspan
Photo Credit: UN Multimedia Org/Radio

REBECA GRYNSPAN
(Biography)

Statement by MS. REBECA GRYNSPAN
Under-Secretary-General
and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Associate Administrator

Rebeca Grynspan was appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the position of UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator effective 1 February, 2010. Before joining the United Nations, Ms. Grynspan was elected Vice-President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. (More)


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STATEMENTS

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
May 16th to May 27th, 2011
UN Headquarters, New York, NY


Ghazali Ohorella
Photo Credit: Ghazali Ohorella

GHAZALI OHORELLA
Maluku

YouTube UNPFII 2011: Opening Statement Global Indigenous Caucus


GHAZALI OHORELLA
Maluku

Front Siva-Lima
National movement for the international recognition and liberation
of the Republic of the South Moluccas

Mr. Ghazali Ohorella (Maluku), one of the 4 co-chairs of the Indigenous Global Caucus presented the opening statement of the Global Indigenous Caucus.

In this statement, drafted by the caucus, he stipulated the concerns and issues of the world's Indigenous Peoples. He said it was time to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Capacities must be devoted to building an economic and social base that was decolonized and that protected access to environmental resources. He stressed that indigenous peoples were equal to all other peoples.

OPENING STATEMENT: Text
Source: Damaan Development Organization


Sara Olsvig
Photo Credit: Ghazali Ohorella

SARA OLSVIG
(biography)
Executive Director,
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
Greenland

Press Release (Dansk)
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Rights of Indigenous Peoples Acknowledged

Oprindelige Folks Rettigheder anerkendes af verdenssamfundet.

På fjerdedagen af FN's Permanent Forums tiende session drejede debatten sig om implementeringen af FN's Erklæring om oprindelige folks rettigheder og om hvilke lande der nu går ind for erklæringen. Det konstateredes at de allerfleste lande nu tilslutter sig den, med den beklagelige undtagelse af Rusland.


Press Release (Kalaallisut)
Inuit Circumpolar Council

Nunat inoqqaavisa pisinnaatitaaffii nunarsuarmiut akuersaarpaat.

Ullut sisamassaani Permanent Forumip FN-imi ataatsimiinnerani nunat inoqqaavisa pisinnaatitaaffiisa atuutsinneqarnerata nalilersorneqarnerani paasinarsivoq nunarsuarmi naalagaaffiit tamarmik Naalagaaffiit Peqatigiit Nunat Inoqqaavisa Pisinnaatitaaffii pillugit Nalunaarutaat malinniarlugu nalunaarutigisimalerpaat. Ajoraluartumilli Ruslandi kisimi amiakkuulerpoq.


Press Release (English)

ICC at Indigenous People’s Meeting in UN

Inuit Circumpolar Council, ICC, is participating again this year at the tenth session of UN Permanent Forum in New York. Aqqaluk Lynge, the Chair of ICC and Sara Olsvig, Executive Director of the ICC Head Office is attending the first week, while Hjalmar Dahl, Executive Council member attend the second week. In addition Kirt Ejesiak, ICC Canada and Tatiana Achirgina, ICC Chukotka are attending as well. The new members of the Permanent Forum were introduced yesterday, including Dr. Dalee S. Dorough, an Inuk from Alaska who will be representing the Arctic over the next three years.

Aqqaluk Lynge presented on behalf of the Arctic peoples a statement last Monday, on behalf of ICC and the Saami Council. In the statement the recently concluded Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Nuuk was mentioned, as well as the new declaration from ICC about resource development.



Kenneth Deer
Photo Credit: Ben Powless

KENNETH DEER
Mohawk Nation at Kahnawà:ke



16 May 2011 (PM)
North American Indigenous Peoples Statement
Agenda Item 3 (a): Economic and Social Development
Presented by Kenneth Deer, Indigenous World Association

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NEWS AND MEDIA


PRESS RELEASES

16 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5051
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session


1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM)
 

AS PERMANENT FORUM OPENS, SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS BODY'S 10 YEARS OF PUSHING FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SAYS: 'THE ROAD HAS BEEN TOUGH, BUT THE REWARDS ARE REAL'

Economic, Social Affairs Head Says Indigenous Rights Now 'On the Global Radar'; Takes Up Reports on Informed Consent, Indigenous Development Models, Corporations (more)


16 May 2011
Press Conference

United Nations
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York


PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIR OF UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

The tenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues would give delegates an opportunity to review more than 200 recommendations made over the last decade in discussing such issues as the role of indigenous peoples in the sustainable development debate, Forum Chair Myrna Cunningham said at a Headquarters press conference today. (More)


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PRESS CONFERENCE

Myrna Cunningham
Photo Credit: UN.org
Chief Edward John
Photo Credit: UN.org

Grand Chief Edward John
Hereditary Chief of the Tl’azt’en Nation


Press Conference to launch the Summit of UN Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues
16 May 2011
Speakers include: Mme. Cunningham, (Nicaragua)
Chair of the Permanent Forum
and Chief Edward John, (Canada) member of the Permanent Forum
representing the North American region

Language available:
Webcast English Running time: 00:28:29


UN NEWS CENTRE

Indigenous peoples' forum opens at UN with call to turn rights into reality

16 May 2011 - The annual United Nations forum aimed at advancing the rights of the estimated 370 million indigenous persons around the world opened today with a call to turn those rights into a practical reality. (More)


Video UNIFeed UN/INDIGENOUS OPENER WRAP
 UNTV

Opening the 10th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that indigenous cultures are "threatened with extinction" adding that "one indigenous language dies every two weeks." UNTV

DURATION:03:23 DATE:16 MAY 2011



UNITED NATIONS RADIO

Indigenous People can teach the modern world
about sustainable development

16/05/2011

The ancient traditions of indigenous peoples around the world can help overcome modern problems of 'green' living, the Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon has said.

The tenth session of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has opened in New York.

Around the world there are more than 370 million indigenous people living in 90 different countries.

Ban Ki-moon said indigenous people have always lived in tune with the environment, but many of their cultures are under threat.

"Indigenous cultures are threatened with extinction. Millions of indigenous peoples continue to lose their lands, their rights and their resources. They make up one-third of the world's one billion rural poor. And they are among the most vulnerable and marginalized of any group. Indigenous women, who are the custodians of so much rich heritage, often suffer the most."




CENTRO DE NOTICIAS ONU

Ban destaca valor de tradiciones indígenas frente
a problemas de hoy

16 de mayo, 2011 Las tradiciones indígenas ancestrales pueden ayudar a superar los problemas modernos, dijo hoy el Secretario General de la ONU al inaugurar la Décima Sesión del Foro Permanente sobre Cuestiones Indígenas.

Ban Ki-moon afirmó que proteger los derechos de los pueblos indígenas beneficia a la sociedad en su conjunto.



SERVINDI

Servindi es un sitio web especializado en promover el diálogo intercultural
sobre temas de interes indígena y ecológico


ONU: SE INICIA DECIMA SESION DEL FORO
PERMANENTE PARA LAS CUESTIONS INDIGENAS


Servindi, 16 de mayo, 2011.- Con la presencia de más de 1300 participantes se iniciará hoy la décima sesión del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas (FPCI) en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, bajo la presidencia de la lider miskita, de Nicaragua, Myrna Cunningham.


ONU: “USTEDES SON LOS GUARDIANES DE LA NATURALEZA”
DIJO BAN KI-MOON A P. INDIGENAS


Servindi, 16 de mayo, 2011.- El secretario general de las Naciones Unidas Ban Ki Moon calificó a los pueblos indígenas de "guardianes de la naturaleza" durante la inauguración del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas realizada hoy en New York.

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SOCIAL MEDIA


Tupak Enrique Acosta
Photo Credit: Ghazali Ohorella

TUPAK ENRIQUE ACOSTA

UNPFIP NETWORK (Blog)
A Network of Information and Exchange
for the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples.
There is an extensive list of Statements presented at the Permanent Forum on this Network



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The opening of an Indigenous cultural exhibit on Tuesday, 17 May
UN Visitor's Lobby
Performances by indigenous artists from around the world.



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