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TENTH SESSION
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
OFFICIAL WEB SITE
New York, 16 - 27 May 2011
DECIMO PERIODO DE SESIONES
FORO PERMANENTE PARA LAS CUESTIONES
INDIGENAS DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS
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Multimedia.org |
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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
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F I R S T
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S E C O N D W E E K A U D I O |
Monday, May 16, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011 |
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011 |
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 |
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:
English Running time 01:17:21
Original Running time 01:17:21
Monday, May 16, 2011
AUDIO
AM Session
AUDIO:
16 May
11 AM - Floor or
Original [01:18:20]
AUDIO:
16 May 11 AM - English [01:18:23]
AUDIO:
16 May 11 AM - Spanish [01:29:15] |
AUDIO
PM Session
AUDIO: 16 May 11 PM -
Floor or Original [03:01:21]
AUDIO: 16 May 11 PM -
English [01:19:33]
AUDIO:
16 May
11 PM - Spanish [03:03:00] |
PROGRAMME
NATIONS TO NATIONS
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
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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.
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
Photo Credit: Kenneth Deer
TADODAHO SID HILL
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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.
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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. |
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.
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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. |
VIDEO:
Launch of the State of the World's Indigenous
Peoples |
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
CARLOS MAMANI CONDORI
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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. |
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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)
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
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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
Photo Credit: Ghazali Ohorella
GHAZALI OHORELLA
Maluku
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.
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OPENING STATEMENT: Text
Source:
Damaan Development Organization
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. |
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
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:
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) |
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."
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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
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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PERMANENT FORUM
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IN THE FAMILY OF NATIONS
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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