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TENTH SESSION
UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
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New York, 16 - 27 May 2011
DECIMO PERIODO DE SESIONES
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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)
TUESDAY, APRIL 17th, 2011
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
AUDIO
AM Session
AUDIO:
17 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [02:51:03]
AUDIO: 17 May 11 AM - English [03:14:14]
AUDIO: 17 May 11 AM - Spanish [05:02:41] |
AUDIO
PM Session
AUDIO: 17 May 11 PM -
Floor or Original [02:51.58]
AUDIO: 17 May 11 PM -
English [02:51:59]
AUDIO:
17 May 11 PM - Spanish
[03:16:13] |
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STATEMENTS
Dr. Mattias Åhrén
Statement by the Saami Council
Agenda Item 3 (c) Free, prior and informed consent
Saami Council Criticizes Norwegian Government
for Violating Coastal Saami Rights
Demands Withdrawal of New Act
UNITED NATIONS, New
York -- In a
statement made at the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues Tuesday 17 May, the Saami Council
called on the Norwegian government to withdraw a new
proposal on an amendment to the Sea Resource Act,
and elaborate a new proposed act that recognizes the
Saami coastal communities' rights to their
traditional fishing waters. Read the statement by
Saami Council´s delegate Dr. Mattias Åhrén. |
Saami Council
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NEWS AND MEDIA
PRESS RELEASES
17 May
2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5053
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session
3RD & 4TH Meetings (AM & PM)
CONTINUED OBSTRUCTIONS TO - AND DENIAL OF - RIGHTS
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO LAND, FORESTS RESULTING IN
ON GOING MARGINALIZATION, POVERTY PERMANENT FORUM
TOLD
More Than 50 Speakers Focus Debate on Indigenous
Peoples and Forests; Issue of Free, Prior Informed
Consent for Development on Indigenous Lands |
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PRESS CONFERENCE
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Raja Devasish Roy, Chief of the Chakma Administrative Circle
(Bangladesh)
and Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
PRESS CONFERENCE ON EXTRACTIVE
INDUSTRIES, MEGA-PROJECTS IN TERRITORIES OF INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
| Governments, multinational
corporations and the banks supporting them
financially must respect international environmental
standards in their extraction of natural resources
or construction of giant infrastructure projects in
biologically diverse lands, members of the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues said at a Headquarters
press conference today. |
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Jiten Yumnam, Secretary of the Forum for Indigenous
Perspectives and Actions in Manipur, India
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Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar
Council
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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND
Press Conference: On extractive industries and mega
projects in indigenous peoples' territories May 2011
17 May 2011
Speakers include:
Devasish Roy, Member of the United
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
Mr. Aqqaluk Lynge, Former
Permanent Forum Member (2005 -2007) and Chairperson
of the Inuit Circumpolar Council; Jiten Yumnam,
Secretary of the Forum for Indigenous Perspectives
and Actions in Manipur, India Language available:
English Running time: 00:34:19 |
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Arctic Council
CRP 1: Report by the International Council on Mining
and Metals on Activities Related to Indigenous Peoples
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18th, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
AUDIO
AM Session
AUDIO:
18 May 11 PM - Floor or Original [02:59:31]
AUDIO: 18 May 11
PM - English [02:59:32]
AUDIO: 18 May 11
PM - Spanish [02:52:46] |
PRESS RELEASE
18 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5056
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session
5th Meeting (AM only)
SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ON DAILY BASIS,
PERMANENT FORUM TOLD
Speakers Say Acts
Include Dispossession, Forced Removal, Military
Abuse; Implementing 2007 Rights Declaration Must Be
Political, Moral, Legal Imperative |
PRESS CONFERENCE
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DR. DALEE SAMBO DOROUGH
(Biography)
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PRESS RELEASE
Press Conference: On Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
United Nations
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York
While some strides
had been made by the international community in
protecting the basic human rights of indigenous
peoples, significant breaches of those rights still
existed around the world, said prominent indigenous
representatives at a Headquarters press conference
today: Dalee Sambo Dorough, an Inuit legal expert
and Professor at the University of Alaska, who had
also been recently elected Vice-Chair of the United
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and
Edward Tunyon of the Tanzania Network for Indigenous
Pastoralists, who was attending the Forum as a
representative of the African Caucus. |
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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND
Press Conference: on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Dalee
Sambo Dorough, Inuit legal expert and Professor at
the University of Alaska, and Edward Tunyon of the
Tanzania Network for Indigenous Pastoralists, speak
at a press conference on the human rights of
indigenous peoples, as the UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues continues it tenth session (16-27
May) at UN Headquarters.
18 May 2011
United Nations, New York
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EDWARD TUNYON
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JOINT STATEMENT
Implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples
May 18, 2011 - Joint Statement
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NATIONAL CHIEF SHAWN A-IN-CHUT-ATLEO
Hereditary Chief, Ahousaht First Nation
(Biography)
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Tenth session
New York, 16-27 May 2011
Agenda Item 4(a): Implementation of the UN
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Speaker: National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo,
presented on May 18, 2011
Joint Statement of Assembly of First Nations, Chiefs
of Ontario, First Nations Summit, Grand Council of
the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), Haudenosaunee of
Kanehsatà:ke, Indigenous World Association,
International Organization of Indigenous Resource
Development (IOIRD), Louis Bull Cree Nation, Montana
Cree Nation, Native Women's Association of Canada,
National Association of Friendship Centres, Samson
Cree Nation, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Amnesty
International, First Peoples Human Rights Coalition,
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers),
Amnistie Internationale Canada, Hawai'i Institute
for Human Rights, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical
Justice Initiatives
Implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples
As a consensus international human rights
instrument, the realization of the UN Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is crucial
to the survival, dignity and well-being of
Indigenous peoples worldwide. UN Special Rapporteur
on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya,
concluded in his August 2010 report to the UN
General Assembly (A/65/264):
Implementation of the Declaration should be regarded
as a political, moral and legal imperative without
qualification, within the framework of the human
rights objectives of the Charter of the United
Nations.
Our organizations strongly agree. In view of the
rampant and persistent human rights violations
globally, the full and effective implementation of
the Declaration is urgently needed. (more)
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NOTICIAS
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PABLO SOLON
Embajador de Bolivia ante la ONU
Foro Indígena de la ONU: Rechazan mercantilización de
carbono de los bosques
18 de mayo 2011
En su intervención, el Embajador Pablo Solón, de la
delegación boliviana, señaló que Bolivia "no apoyó
los mal llamados "Acuerdos de Cancún" porque ellos
establecen promesas de reducción de emisiones de
gases de efecto invernadero que llevan a un
incremento de la temperatura de 4 grados centígrados
en lo que va de este siglo. (more) |
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THURSDAY, MAY 19th, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
AUDIO
AM Session
AUDIO:
19 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [3:12:05]
AUDIO:
19 May 11 AM - English [02:50:35]
AUDIO:
19 May 11 AM - Spanish [02:50:36] |
AUDIO
PM Session
AUDIO:
19 May 11 PM -
Floor or Original [02:48:39]
AUDIO: 19 May 11 PM -
English [02:48:20]
AUDIO:
19 May 11 PM - Spanish
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STATEMENTS
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SANTOS DE LA CRUZ
Attorney and
Wixarika leader (Mexico)
Wixarika (Huichol) people's statement delivered at the
United Nations Permanent Forum For Indigenous Issues on
May 19, 2011.
The Wixarika people had first suffered an
invasion of their territory by members of the
Spanish crown in Mexico, while another, more
recent invasion came by way of the threats and
extermination of their land due to neo-liberal
economic policies. Meanwhile, the protection
that should be offered by the Mexican Government
was not given. Indeed, 22 licenses had recently
been granted to Canadian mining companies for
mining of natural minerals, including silver, in
the most sacred sites of the Wixarrika, he said.
The Wixarika were never consulted, nor given the
chance to exercise their free, prior and
informed consent. He called for the Mexican
Government to eliminate those 22 concessions.
UN Press Release
HR/5057
6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM) |
VIDEO ON DEMAND
Wixarika Statement
Source: Nierika
Running time: 8:06
Additional Information
Nierka
Por la Preservacion de las Tradiciones Indigenas
de las Plantas Sagradas del Continente Americano
The Esperanza Project
A Green News Portal for the
Americas
Wixarika Archive
Huicholes take the fight for
Wirikuta to Canada
PRESS RELEASES
Meetings
19 May
2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5057
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session
6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)
GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION
SHOULD BE CELEBRATED, BUT STRONG EFFORT NEEDED TO
MAKE PRINCIPLES ALIVE ‘ON THE GROUND’, PERMANENT
FORUM TOLD
Special Rapporteur James
Anaya Says Implementation Will Require ‘Good Faith’,
Also Hears from Special Mechanism Chair, Some 40
Speakers in Day-Long Discussion |
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PRESS CONFERENCE
PRESS CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA
Four indigenous Latin American leaders hailed the
region's progress today, applauding, in particular,
the personal interest shown by President Evo Morales
in advancing the rights of Bolivia's indigenous
peoples. Participating in the press conference were
Saul Vicente Vasquez from Mexico, Juan Carlos
Jintiach from Ecuador, Mayra Gómez and Gabino Apata
Mamani, both from Bolivia. |
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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND
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SAUL VICENTE VAZQUEZ (Biography)
Press conference by Saúl Vicente Vázquez
19 May 2011
Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, gives a briefing on indigenous
peoples in Latin America. Participating in the press
conference with Saúl Vicente Vázquez from Mexico,
were Juan Carlos Jintiach from Ecuador, Mayra Gómez
and Gabino Apata Mamani, both from Bolivia.
Running time: 00:28:52
Language(s) available:
English |
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UN NEWS CENTRE
CENTRO DE NOTICIAS ONU
UNITED NATIONS RADIO
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(Portuguese)
Entrevista: Marcos Terena
19/05/2011
Marina Estarque, da Rádio ONU em Nova York.
Marcos Terena, líder
indígena e articulador do comitê Intertribal do
Brasil, participou do Fórum Permanente sobre
Assuntos Indígenas na sede das Nações Unidas.
Em entrevista à Rádio ONU, em Nova York, Terena
abordou a economia verde indicando que as
comunidades indígenas brasileiras vão levar
conhecimentos tradicionais e articulação política
para a Rio+20.
Ele alertou para os riscos de "dar preços ao meio
ambiente", o que considerou "um costume do mundo
moderno". O líder indígena fala também sobre
juventude, arquitetura urbana e eventos esportivos
no Brasil.
Acompanhe a entrevista.
Tempo Total: 4´46´´ |
(Portuguese)
Indígenas querem conhecimentos tradicionais na Rio+20
19/05/2011
Representante de comunidades nativas no Brasil alertou para
os riscos de colocar preços no meio ambiente
Indígenas no Mato Grosso
Marina Estarque, da Rádio ONU em Nova York.
O líder
indígena brasileiro Marcos Terena falou em evento
nas Nações Unidas, nessa terça-feira, sobre economia
verde. Ele disse, em entrevista à Rádio ONU, que as
comunidades nativas brasileiras vão levar
conhecimentos tradicionais e articulação política
para a Rio+20.
"Como vai ser no Brasil, nós queremos levar a
sabedoria da nossa ancestralidade e conhecimentos
tradicionais. Mas queremos levar também a capacidade
política de negociação que estamos construindo em
relação ao Banco Mundial, às Nações Unidas e ao
Fórum Permanente da ONU", argumentou. |
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FRIDAY, MAY 20th, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
AUDIO
AM Session
AUDIO: 20 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [03:01:58]
AUDIO: 20 May 11 AM - English [03:01:58]
AUDIO: 20 May 11 AM - Spanish [03:01:58] |
AUDIO
PM Session (closed)
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STATEMENTS
AIM WEST
Clyde H. Bellecourt – Thunder Before The Storm, speaks to
the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Friday, 20 May 2011
AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT
GRAND GOVERNING COUNCIL
Intervention and remarks to the UN
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Tenth Session, May 20, 2011, United Nations, New York
Agenda Item #5
Nee Gon Nway Wee Dung
(Clyde H. Bellecourt)
Founder and National Director, American Indian Movement
Executive Director, Heart of the Earth Inc.
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PRESS RELEASES
20 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5058
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session
8th Meeting (AM) |
UNDERDEVELOPMENT, POVERTY OF LATIN
AMERICA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES STEM FROM HISTORIC WRONGS;
STRATEGIC MEANS FOR CORRECTION NEEDS ‘URGENT REVISION’,
FORUM TOLD
Indigenous Leaders Urged to
Identify Strategies ‘to Advance Our Struggle’,
As Permanent Forum Ends First Week with Discussion on Latin
America and Caribbean
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DR. ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO
(Biography)
Tanzania
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Deputy Secretary
General
DSG/SM/550
20 May 2011
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LAUNCH OF UN INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES’ PARTNERSHIP, SAYS IT OFFERS PARTNERS CHANCE
TO BRING EXPERTISE UNDER ONE ‘UMBRELLA’
UN Deputy Secretary-General
Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the launch of the
United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership
(UNIPP) in New York today, 20 May:
On behalf of the Secretary-General, it gives me
great pleasure to lend our support to the launch of
the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership, a
joint initiative of the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the International
Labour Organization [ILO], UNDP [United Nations
Development Programme] and UNICEF [United Nations
Children’s Fund].
This initiative brings to life the Permanent Forum’s
recommendation that [the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights], ILO and UNDP
strengthen their partnership for the promotion and
implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights through
joint country programmes. It also demonstrates our
commitment to Article 41 of the Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which calls on the
entire United Nations system to do its part,
including by mobilizing financial cooperation and
technical assistance. (more)
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STATEMENT
Deputy-Secretary General
Asha-Rose Migiro
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PRESS CONFERENCE
20 May 2011 Press Conference
United Nations
Department of Public Information
News & Media Division, New York
PRESS CONFERENCE ON LAUNCH
OF UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' PARTNERSHIP
Using $1.5 million in start-up funds supplied by the
Government of Denmark, the United Nations Indigenous
Partnership (UNIPP) would work at the country level
to promote dialogue and build partnerships, Raja
Devashish Roy, a member of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, said at Headquarters today.
"This (partnership) will work on the ground," he
said at a press conference to launch UNIPP. "It will
take projects and programmes and develop the
capacity of Governments and indigenous peoples'
organizations. It will build partnerships at the
country level with indigenous peoples in the
driver's seat." The Partnership would expand on the
global endeavours now carried out by the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues, he added.
Mr. Roy said the initiative aimed to coordinate and
deepen the work of the United Nations system on the
rights of indigenous peoples at the country level,
by bringing together the experience and power of the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF) and the International Labour Organization
(ILO).
Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Denmark,
called the Partnership "an innovative global
alliance with great potential to advance the rights
of indigenous peoples". |
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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
AMBASSADOR CARSTEN STAUR (biography)
Permanent Representative of Denmark
to the United Nations
Press conference to launch the United Nations Indigenous
Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP) 20 May 2011
The first global
initiative to protect indigenous peoples' rights.
Speakers will include: Ambassador Carsten Staur,
Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United
Nations, Ivan Imonovi, Assistant Secretary-General
for Human Rights, Cleo Doumbria-Henry, Directrice,
International Labour Standards, International Labor
Organization and Devasish Roy, Member, United
Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Running time: 00:44:34
Language(s) available:
English |
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UN NEWS CENTRE
UN launches new initiative to promote rights
of world's indigenous peoples
20 May 2011 - Four United Nations entities today
launched a new initiative to promote and protect the
rights of indigenous peoples, aiming to strengthen
their institutions and ability to fully participate
in governance and policy processes at the local and
national levels.
The initiative, to be known as the UN Indigenous
Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP), was launched on the
sidelines of the 10th Session of the UN Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues under way at UN
Headquarters.
IDN - InDepth
News Magazine for International Cooperation
20 May 2011
Geneva |
UN Holds Out Fresh Hope for Indigenous Peoples
In a landmark step towards
lifting more than 370 million indigenous peoples in
some 90 countries accounting for 15 per cent of the
world's poor out of extreme poverty, four United
Nations entities have launched a new initiative.
The initiative, to be known as the UN Indigenous
Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP), will promote and
protect the rights of indigenous peoples, aspiring
to strengthen their institutions and ability to
fully participate in governance and policy processes
at the local and national levels.
Credit: Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsReport |
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