UNPO at the UN

Aug 11, 2006

UNPO Monitor - Day I: 31 July 2006

The UNPO monitor is a record of statements made by participants in the meetings of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) during its annual meeting in Geneva. The Monitor also includes commentaries, reports from side events and summaries of the plenaries.

Aug 11, 2006

UNPO Monitor - Day I: 31 July 2006

The UNPO monitor is a record of statements made by participants in the meetings of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) during its annual meeting in Geneva. The Monitor also...

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Aug 09, 2006

WGIP: Side event on the Hmong Lao, at the United...

Mr. Vaughn Vang from the Lao Human Rights Council and Ms. Rebecca Sommer, UN Representative for the Society for Threatened Peoples International, presented the situation of the Hmong people in Laos,...

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Aug 08, 2006

Khmer Krom: Oral Intervention at the WGIP on...

Mr. Famark Hlawnching fron the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation presented a statement on Utilization of Indigenous Peoples Lands by Non-Indigenous Authority, Groups or Individuals for Military Purposes...

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Aug 07, 2006

Ogoni: Oral Intervention at the WGIP on the Human...

Legborsi Saro Pyagbara from the the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), presented a statement on the Human Rights Situation of the Ogoni at the 24th Session of the WGIP in Geneva

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Aug 07, 2006

Side Event of the WGIP: Conference Is the Sacred...

Mrs. Alison M.J Johnston, Director of the International Support Centre for Sustainable Tourism, held a conference on Tourism and Indigenous Peoples at the WGIP in Geneva. Please find below this article...

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Aug 07, 2006

International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples...

On Thursday 3 August, a celebration of the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples was held in Palais des Nations, Geneva

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Aug 07, 2006

On Agenda Item 8: Future of the Working Group...

Chairperson Yokota reopened on Thursday 3 August Agenda Item 8 during the afternoon session of the plenary. This item is considered of crucial importance in allowing indigenous representatives to have...

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Aug 07, 2006

WGIP: Agenda Item 5: Standard-setting

Please find below a summary of agenda Item 5 of the WGIP on Standard-setting

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