Theme: "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth”
Provisional Agenda for the twenty-third session (E/C.19/2024/1)
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Discussion on the theme “Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth”.
4. Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
5. Dialogues:(a) Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples;(b) Dialogue with Member States;(c) Dialogue with the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes;(d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022);(e) Regional dialogues;(f) Dialogue on Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities;(g) Thematic dialogues, including on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation in the context of, inter alia, development, climate, environment and biodiversity.
6. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues.
7. Provisional agenda of the twenty-fourth session of the Permanent Forum.
8. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twenty-third session.
Online Registration
Previous participants to the UNPFII and approved in iCSO system
Registration for Indigenous Peoples’ organizations (IPOs), Academia, that have previously participated at UNPFII and approved in the iCSO system, is open from 19 February until 18 March 2024 via the United Nations Indico registration system.
a. At this stage, IPOs and Academia will register individual participants.
b. The focal point designated in the iCSO system must approve the registration of their delegation. Delegates will not be registered until this step is completed.
c. Confirmation letters will be sent to each approved delegate, by respective focal point, closer to the start of the session. These letters will be sent to the email addresses registered in the iCSO system. IPO, Academia, and NGOs are kindly requested to ensure that their profile and contact information on the iCSO system is up to date and accurate.
Documents submitted by the Secretariat of the UNPFII:
E/C.19/2024/2 Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and implementation of the system-wide action plan for ensuring a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Note by the Secretariat AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
Documents prepared by Members of the UNPFII:
E/C.19/2024/7 Financing the future: the financial needs of Indigenous Peoples to support their actions for biodiversity, climate and the protection of Mother Earth, by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
E/C.19/2024/3 Guiding principles for the implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ rights to autonomy and self-government, by Tove Søvndahl Gant, Suleiman Mamutov and Valentina Vyacheslavovna Sovkina AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH
For more information visit https://social.desa.un.org/issues/indigenous-peoples/unpfii/23rd-session
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