UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO VISIT

Round-up

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTIETH SESSION

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES CONCLUDES HISTORIC FIRST SESSION;

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 'HAVE A HOME' AT UN

Report to Economic and Social Council

Recommend Establishment of Forum Secretariat in New York

MILITARIZATION OF INDIGENOUS AREAS A GROWING THREAT, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 22 May -- An “alarming increase of militarization in many parts of Asia” was affecting indigenous communities, an indigenous representative today told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it continued to review human rights issues.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

13^th and 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES VOICE

HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS AT PERMANENT FORUM

Proscription of Traditional Languages,

PROBLEMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVING IN CITIES

SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 17 May -- The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues should discuss the situation of indigenous peoples living in urban areas, an indigenous representative told the Forum today, as it continued its review of United Nations activities relating to indigenous peoples.

Permanent Forum ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES HEARS UN AGENCY PRESENTATIONS

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 14 May -- The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today continued to review the activities of the United Nations system for the economic and social development of indigenous peoples, hearing presentations by various United Nations agencies.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

11^th and 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PERMANENT FORUM REVIEWS IMPACT OF UN SYSTEM ACTIVITIES ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continued its first historic session in morning and afternoon meetings today with a review of the activities of the United Nations system regarding to education, culture and human rights as they impact indigenous peoples.

Permanent Forum should have secretariat, regular funding, SAYS UN official

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 15 May -– The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues should be endowed with a secretariat and with regular funding, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Forum today, as it continued its review of activities of the United Nations system relating to indigenous people.

Health needs of indigenous people stressed at Permanent Forum

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 16 May -- The “acute health needs” of indigenous peoples cut across socio-economic boundaries, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was told today, as it continued its discussion on the theme of health.