Dialogue Between Nations - UN Permanent Forum 2012

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

AUDIO
AM Session

AUDIO: 8 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [02:42:14]

AUDIO: 8 May 11 AM - English [02:42:14]

AUDIO: 8 May 11 AM - Spanish [02:41:30]

AUDIO
PM Session

AUDIO: 8 May 11 PM - Floor or Original [02:47:18]

AUDIO: 8 May 11 PM - English [02:47:18]

AUDIO: 8 May 11 PM - Spanish [02:49:36]

STATEMENTS

EU Statement - United Nations ECOSOC
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

8 May 2012
New York

Statement by H.E. Mr. Ioannis Vrailas, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, at the United Nations Economic and Social Council Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Item 3: Open dialogue (Governments, indigenous peoples' organizations, United Nations agencies) (more)

MEETINGS

8 May 2012
Economic and Social Council
HR/5088

Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Eleventh Session
3rd & 4th Meetings (AM & PM)

‘DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY’, USED FOR CENTURIES TO JUSTIFY SEIZURE OF INDIGENOUS LAND, SUBJUGATE PEOPLES, MUST BE REPUDIATED BY UNITED NATIONS, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

Speakers Call for Mechanism to Investigate Historical Land Claims;
Also Holds Dialogue on Land Use and Participatory Mechanisms in Arctic

The Doctrine of Discovery had been used for centuries to expropriate indigenous lands and facilitate their transfer to colonizing or dominating nations, speakers in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues stressed today, urging the expert body to study the creation of a special mechanism, under United Nations auspices, to investigate historical land claims.

Those forceful calls came amid continued debate on this year’s special theme: the enduring impact of the Discovery Doctrine on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests covered under articles 28 and 37 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Throughout the day, representatives of indigenous groups, Governments and United Nations funds, agencies and programmes aired their views on the need to more justly reflect indigenous rights and freedoms in national constitutions and other comprehensive agreements. (more)

PRESS CONFERENCE

7 May 2012
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

PRESS CONFERENCE ON OPENING OF UNITED NATIONS
PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

The enduring impact of historical wrongs must be a priority for States as they reviewed their relationships with indigenous groups, emphasized leaders and activists at a Headquarters press conference marking the opening today of the eleventh annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. (more)

SPECIAL EVENTS

Roberto Múcaro Borrero

Roberto Múcaro Borrero

Roberto Múcaro Borrero, a representative of the indigenous Taíno people, speaks at the opening reception for the exhibit, “Indigenous Peoples and Food Sovereignty”. The event is organized as part of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)'s eleventh session, which kicked off this week.

UNITED NATIONS RADIO

8 May 2012

LISTEN Indigenous people's food exhibit unveiled

As part of this year's session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, an exhibit opened at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday evening. Cultural groups of indigenous peoples from around the world performed during the opening of the exhibit entitled "Indigenous Peoples and Food Sovereignty." The performers are part of the approximately 2,000 delegates of indigenous people who are attending this year's session. Derrick Mbatha reports.

UNITED NATIONS AUDIO LIBRARY

May 8, 2012

LISTEN The Road to Rio+20 - Indigenous Peoples' Key Messages and Actions
87 minutes

OTHER MEDIA

Nunatsiaq Online
8 May 2012

UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MEETS
ON LAND RIGHTS, FOOD SECURITY

"There can be no development for indigenous peoples without the involvement of indigenous peoples in every step"

This week and next, 500 representatives from the 370-million indigenous peoples who live around the world are meeting in New York at the United Nations for the 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples. (more)

Indian Country Today
8 May 2012

NORTH AMERICAN CAUCUS STATEMENT AT UNPFII
ON THE DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY

Steve Newcomb Delivers North American Caucus Statement at UNPFII [5:40]

Steve Newcomb, (Shawnee/Lenape) delivers the North American Caucus intervention at the 11th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on this morning at the U.N. headquarters in New York, New York. The UNPFII began May 7 and continues through May 18. Newcomb is co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute, author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (2008), and a columnist for Indian Country Today Media Network. (more)

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