UN RIGHTS OFFICE REFORM PLAN FORESEES GREATER COUNTRY FOCUS,

 

MORE RESPONSIVENESS TO CRISES AND NEEDS

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 May (UN Information Service) -- Increased country engagement and a firmer leadership role in human rights are some of the recommendations made by the United Nations human rights office as part of a bold reform plan aimed at ensuring better implementation of fundamental freedoms worldwide.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Concluding fourth session, permanent forum recommends that states ensure indigenous

participation in design, implementation of poverty reduction strategies

Also Recommends That Anti-Poverty Strategies

Clearly Identify Rights to Indigenous Land, Forest, Marine Resources

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

14^th Meeting (PM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DISCUSSES FUTURE WORK,

SECOND INTERNATIONAL DECADE, AGENDA FOR FIFTH SESSION

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN PERMANENT FORUM URGE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENTS, UN AGENCIES

TO DEVELOP CONCRETE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ LIVES

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

11^th Meeting (PM)

IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON RIGHTS, PLIGHT OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED BY REPRESENTATIVES IN PERMANENT FORUM

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PARTICIPANTS IN INDIGENOUS FORUM HIGHLIGHT DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF POVERTY,

CONFLICTS, LACK OF ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

WORKING GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES TO MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN ASIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

Round-Up of Session

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION

 

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports

Of Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda and Bahrain

(Reissued as received.)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PROVIDING BETTER EDUCATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,

WITH EMPHASIS ON BILINGUAL INSTRUCTION, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

WORLD BANK REVISES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES POLICY

 

Strategic Shift toward Broader Participation, Benefit Sharing