On the last day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, (UNPFII) delegates welcomed the new collaboration between the United Nations’ General Assembly and the UNPFII, believing that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the Assembly in September 2007 could herald the beginning of a new era in the representation of the rights of indigenous...
On the last day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, (UNPFII) delegates welcomed the new collaboration between the United Nations’ General Assembly and the UNPFII, believing...
To date over 220 individuals have signed the UNPO Appeal launched at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), held at the UN headquarters in New York between...
Delegates took up the discussion of language by illustrating the threats indigenous languages face and examining ways to protect unique languages for future generations.
The UNPFII has assessed the Millennium Development Goals from the perspective of indigenous peoples – in particular issues in the areas of economic and social development, environment, health, education,...
UNPO is in New York attending the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and outlines here some of the main issues at stake.
UNPO will be launching an Appeal for greater inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in discussions on climate change as well as in the decision and implementation process thereof at the upcoming Seventh Session...
As the first week of the UNHRC nears its close, the sessions have so far featured considerable lobbying by UNPO’s Mapuche, Oromo, and Sindh members.
Following the precedence set by investigations launched into the state violence perpetrated against protesters in Burma last year, UNPO has joined with other non-governmental organizations in urging the...
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