INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON 9 AUGUST TO RECOGNIZE

CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

QATAR IS hundredth COUNTRY TO SIGN CONVENTION ON DISABILITY RIGHTS

 

On 9 July, Qatar became the hundredth country to sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which opened for signature on 30 March.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

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

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

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

Dangers of climate change already threatening traditional cultures,

urgent response needed, indigenous forum told

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

13^th Meeting (PM)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

12^th Meeting (PM)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MUST BE EQUAL PARTNERS IN ALL STAGES OF DATA COLLECTION,

FROM PLANNING THROUGH ANALYSIS, UNITED NATIONS FORUM TOLD

 

Also Address Ways to Ensure Participation

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fundamental rights of asia’s native people increasingly violated,

situation long neglected, United Nations forum told

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

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

INDIGENOUS FACE POVERTY -- EVEN EXTINCTION -- AT HANDS OF INDIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS,

PROFIT-HUNGRY CORPORATIONS, UNITED NATIONS FORUM TOLD

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INDIGENOUS FORUM DISCUSSES WAYS GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CAN BETTER REFLECT

SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF NATIVE, TRIBAL PEOPLES

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

5^th Meeting (PM)

Speakers call for increased international recognition of indigenous rights,

Improved participation in own development, as forum debate continues

Native American Tribal Leader Says Lands Being Plundered,