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TENTH SESSION
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New York, 16 - 27 May 2011

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Monday, May 16, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
 


DoCip ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
A comprehensive compilation and overview of documents and statements
related to the Permanent Forum Tenth Session 2011
organized according to Agenda Items

You can follow the Audio Recordings using the Press Releases - Meetings
as a Listener's Guide for the order of speakers each day
and refer to the doCip Online Documentation
for an in depth review of Statements (pdf format)




TUESDAY, APRIL 17th, 2011



Dialogue Between Nations Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Audio AUDIO
AM Session
Audio AUDIO: 17 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [02:51:03]
Audio
AUDIO: 17 May 11 AM - English [03:14:14]
Audio
AUDIO: 17 May 11 AM - Spanish [05:02:41]


Audio AUDIO
PM Session
Audio AUDIO: 17 May 11 PM - Floor or Original [02:51.58]
Audio
AUDIO: 17 May 11 PM - English [02:51:59]
Audio
AUDIO: 17 May 11 PM - Spanish [03:16:13]



UN General Assembly

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STATEMENTS


Mattias Ahren

Dr. Mattias Åhrén

Statement by the Saami Council
Agenda Item 3 (c) Free, prior and informed consent


Saami Council Criticizes Norwegian Government
for Violating Coastal Saami Rights
Demands Withdrawal of New Act

UNITED NATIONS, New York -- In a statement made at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Tuesday 17 May, the Saami Council called on the Norwegian government to withdraw a new proposal on an amendment to the Sea Resource Act, and elaborate a new proposed act that recognizes the Saami coastal communities' rights to their traditional fishing waters. Read the statement by Saami Council´s delegate Dr. Mattias Åhrén.

Saami Council


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NEWS AND MEDIA

PRESS RELEASES


17 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5053

Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session


3RD & 4TH Meetings (AM & PM)

CONTINUED OBSTRUCTIONS TO - AND DENIAL OF - RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO LAND, FORESTS RESULTING IN ON GOING MARGINALIZATION, POVERTY PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

More Than 50 Speakers Focus Debate on Indigenous Peoples and Forests; Issue of Free, Prior Informed Consent for Development on Indigenous Lands



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PRESS CONFERENCE


Raja Davasish Roy
Photo Credit: UN.org

Raja Devasish Roy, Chief of the Chakma Administrative Circle (Bangladesh)
and Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

17 May 2011 Press Conference
United Nations
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

PRESS CONFERENCE ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, MEGA-PROJECTS IN TERRITORIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Governments, multinational corporations and the banks supporting them financially must respect international environmental standards in their extraction of natural resources or construction of giant infrastructure projects in biologically diverse lands, members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues said at a Headquarters press conference today.


Jiten Yumnam
Photo Credit: UN.org

Jiten Yumnam, Secretary of the Forum for Indigenous  Perspectives and Actions in Manipur, India
Aqqaluk Lynge
Photo Credit: UN.org

Aqqaluk Lynge, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council



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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND

Press Conference: On extractive industries and mega projects in indigenous peoples' territories May 2011

17 May 2011

Speakers include:
Devasish Roy, Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Mr. Aqqaluk Lynge, Former Permanent Forum Member (2005 -2007) and Chairperson of the Inuit Circumpolar Council; Jiten Yumnam, Secretary of the Forum for Indigenous Perspectives and Actions in Manipur, India Language available:

Webcast English Running time: 00:34:19


Inuit Circumpolar Council

Arctic Council

CRP 1: Report by the International Council on Mining and Metals on Activities Related to Indigenous Peoples



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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18th, 2011



Dialogue Between Nations Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Audio AUDIO
AM Session
Audio AUDIO: 18 May 11 PM - Floor or Original [02:59:31]
Audio AUDIO: 18 May 11 PM - English [02:59:32]
Audio AUDIO: 18 May 11 PM - Spanish [02:52:46]



PRESS RELEASE


18 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5056

Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session


5th Meeting (AM only)

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ON DAILY BASIS, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

Speakers Say Acts Include Dispossession, Forced Removal, Military Abuse; Implementing 2007 Rights Declaration Must Be Political, Moral, Legal Imperative



PRESS CONFERENCE


Ms. Dalee Sambo Dorough
Photo Credit: UN.org

DR. DALEE SAMBO DOROUGH (Biography)

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PRESS RELEASE

Press Conference: On Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

United Nations
Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

While some strides had been made by the international community in protecting the basic human rights of indigenous peoples, significant breaches of those rights still existed around the world, said prominent indigenous representatives at a Headquarters press conference today: Dalee Sambo Dorough, an Inuit legal expert and Professor at the University of Alaska, who had also been recently elected Vice-Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Edward Tunyon of the Tanzania Network for Indigenous Pastoralists, who was attending the Forum as a representative of the African Caucus.


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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND

Press Conference: on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Dalee Sambo Dorough, Inuit legal expert and Professor at the University of Alaska, and Edward Tunyon of the Tanzania Network for Indigenous Pastoralists, speak at a press conference on the human rights of indigenous peoples, as the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continues it tenth session (16-27 May) at UN Headquarters.


18 May 2011
United Nations, New York
Photo # 473304


Edward Tunyon
Photo Credit: UN.org

EDWARD TUNYON

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JOINT STATEMENT

Implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
May 18, 2011 - Joint Statement



National Chief Shawn A-in-chut-Atleo
Photo Credit: ipac.ca

NATIONAL CHIEF SHAWN A-IN-CHUT-ATLEO

Hereditary Chief, Ahousaht First Nation
(Biography)


Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Tenth session
New York, 16-27 May 2011


Agenda Item 4(a): Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Speaker: National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, presented on May 18, 2011

Joint Statement of Assembly of First Nations, Chiefs of Ontario, First Nations Summit, Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), Haudenosaunee of Kanehsatà:ke, Indigenous World Association, International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development (IOIRD), Louis Bull Cree Nation, Montana Cree Nation, Native Women's Association of Canada, National Association of Friendship Centres, Samson Cree Nation, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Amnesty International, First Peoples Human Rights Coalition, Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers), Amnistie Internationale Canada, Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

As a consensus international human rights instrument, the realization of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is crucial to the survival, dignity and well-being of Indigenous peoples worldwide. UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, concluded in his August 2010 report to the UN General Assembly (A/65/264):

Implementation of the Declaration should be regarded as a political, moral and legal imperative without qualification, within the framework of the human rights objectives of the Charter of the United Nations.

Our organizations strongly agree. In view of the rampant and persistent human rights violations globally, the full and effective implementation of the Declaration is urgently needed.
(more)


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NOTICIAS


Pablo Solon
Photo Credit: fondoindigena.org

PABLO SOLON
Embajador de Bolivia ante la ONU


Foro Indígena de la ONU: Rechazan mercantilización de carbono de los bosques

18 de mayo 2011

En su intervención, el Embajador Pablo Solón, de la delegación boliviana, señaló que Bolivia "no apoyó los mal llamados "Acuerdos de Cancún" porque ellos establecen promesas de reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero que llevan a un incremento de la temperatura de 4 grados centígrados en lo que va de este siglo. (more)




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THURSDAY, MAY 19th, 2011



Dialogue Between Nations Thursday, May 19, 2011


Audio AUDIO
AM Session
Audio AUDIO: 19 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [3:12:05]
Audio
AUDIO: 19 May 11 AM - English [02:50:35]
Audio
AUDIO: 19 May 11 AM - Spanish [02:50:36]


Audio AUDIO
PM Session
Audio AUDIO: 19 May 11 PM - Floor or Original [02:48:39]
Audio
AUDIO: 19 May 11 PM - English [02:48:20]
Audio AUDIO:
19 May 11 PM - Spanish []


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STATEMENTS


Santos de la Cruz
Photo Credit: Ghazali Ohorella

SANTOS DE LA CRUZ
Attorney and Wixarika leader (Mexico)


Wixarika (Huichol) people's statement delivered at the United Nations Permanent Forum For Indigenous Issues on May 19, 2011.

The Wixarika people had first suffered an invasion of their territory by members of the Spanish crown in Mexico, while another, more recent invasion came by way of the threats and extermination of their land due to neo-liberal economic policies. Meanwhile, the protection that should be offered by the Mexican Government was not given. Indeed, 22 licenses had recently been granted to Canadian mining companies for mining of natural minerals, including silver, in the most sacred sites of the Wixarrika, he said. The Wixarika were never consulted, nor given the chance to exercise their free, prior and informed consent. He called for the Mexican Government to eliminate those 22 concessions.


UN Press Release
HR/5057

6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)


Webcast VIDEO ON DEMAND


Wixarika Statement
Source: Nierika
Running time: 8:06

Additional Information

Nierka
Por la Preservacion de las Tradiciones Indigenas
de las Plantas Sagradas del Continente Americano

The Esperanza Project
A Green News Portal for the Americas
Wixarika Archive
Huicholes take the fight for Wirikuta to Canada

PRESS RELEASES

Meetings
19 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5057

Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session
6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)


GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION SHOULD BE CELEBRATED, BUT STRONG EFFORT NEEDED TO MAKE PRINCIPLES ALIVE ‘ON THE GROUND’, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

Special Rapporteur James Anaya Says Implementation Will Require ‘Good Faith’, Also Hears from Special Mechanism Chair, Some 40 Speakers in Day-Long Discussion


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PRESS CONFERENCE


PRESS CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN LATIN AMERICA

Four indigenous Latin American leaders hailed the region's progress today, applauding, in particular, the personal interest shown by President Evo Morales in advancing the rights of Bolivia's indigenous peoples. Participating in the press conference were Saul Vicente Vasquez from Mexico, Juan Carlos Jintiach from Ecuador, Mayra Gómez and Gabino Apata Mamani, both from Bolivia.


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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND


Saúl Vicente Vázquez
Photo Credit: Ben Powless

SAUL VICENTE VAZQUEZ
(Biography)


Press conference by Saúl Vicente Vázquez
19 May 2011

Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, gives a briefing on indigenous peoples in Latin America. Participating in the press conference with Saúl Vicente Vázquez from Mexico, were Juan Carlos Jintiach from Ecuador, Mayra Gómez and Gabino Apata Mamani, both from Bolivia.

Running time: 00:28:52
Language(s) available: English


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UN NEWS CENTRE
CENTRO DE NOTICIAS ONU

UNITED NATIONS RADIO


Marcos Terena
Photo Credit: UN Multimedia.org


(Portuguese)
Entrevista: Marcos Terena
19/05/2011

Marina Estarque, da Rádio ONU em Nova York.


Marcos Terena, líder indígena e articulador do comitê Intertribal do Brasil, participou do Fórum Permanente sobre Assuntos Indígenas na sede das Nações Unidas.

Em entrevista à Rádio ONU, em Nova York, Terena abordou a economia verde indicando que as comunidades indígenas brasileiras vão levar conhecimentos tradicionais e articulação política para a Rio+20.

Ele alertou para os riscos de "dar preços ao meio ambiente", o que considerou "um costume do mundo moderno". O líder indígena fala também sobre juventude, arquitetura urbana e eventos esportivos no Brasil.

Acompanhe a entrevista.

Tempo Total: 4´46´´



(Portuguese)
Indígenas querem conhecimentos tradicionais na Rio+20
19/05/2011

Representante de comunidades nativas no Brasil alertou para os riscos de colocar preços no meio ambiente

Indígenas no Mato Grosso
Marina Estarque, da Rádio ONU em Nova York.


O líder indígena brasileiro Marcos Terena falou em evento nas Nações Unidas, nessa terça-feira, sobre economia verde. Ele disse, em entrevista à Rádio ONU, que as comunidades nativas brasileiras vão levar conhecimentos tradicionais e articulação política para a Rio+20.

"Como vai ser no Brasil, nós queremos levar a sabedoria da nossa ancestralidade e conhecimentos tradicionais. Mas queremos levar também a capacidade política de negociação que estamos construindo em relação ao Banco Mundial, às Nações Unidas e ao Fórum Permanente da ONU", argumentou.



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FRIDAY, MAY 20th, 2011



Dialogue Between Nations Friday, May 20, 2011


Audio AUDIO
AM Session
Audio AUDIO: 20 May 11 AM - Floor or Original [03:01:58]
Audio
AUDIO: 20 May 11 AM - English [03:01:58]
Audio
AUDIO: 20 May 11 AM - Spanish [03:01:58]


Audio AUDIO
PM Session (closed)



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STATEMENTS

AIM WEST

Clyde H. Bellecourt – Thunder Before The Storm, speaks to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Friday, 20 May 2011


AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT
GRAND GOVERNING COUNCIL


Intervention and remarks to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Tenth Session, May 20, 2011, United Nations, New York
Agenda Item #5
Nee Gon Nway Wee Dung
(Clyde H. Bellecourt)
Founder and National Director, American Indian Movement
Executive Director, Heart of the Earth Inc.

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PRESS RELEASES



20 May 2011
Economic and Social Council
HR/5058

Department of Public Information
News and Media Division, New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
10th Session

8th Meeting (AM)



UNDERDEVELOPMENT, POVERTY OF LATIN AMERICA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES STEM FROM HISTORIC WRONGS; STRATEGIC MEANS FOR CORRECTION NEEDS ‘URGENT REVISION’, FORUM TOLD


Indigenous Leaders Urged to Identify Strategies ‘to Advance Our Struggle’,
As Permanent Forum Ends First Week with Discussion on Latin America and Caribbean


Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro
Photo Credit: UN.org

DR. ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO
(Biography)
Tanzania
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations


Deputy Secretary General
DSG/SM/550
20 May 2011


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LAUNCH OF UN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ PARTNERSHIP, SAYS IT OFFERS PARTNERS CHANCE TO BRING EXPERTISE UNDER ONE ‘UMBRELLA’

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the launch of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP) in New York today, 20 May:

On behalf of the Secretary-General, it gives me great pleasure to lend our support to the launch of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership, a joint initiative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization [ILO], UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] and UNICEF [United Nations Children’s Fund].

This initiative brings to life the Permanent Forum’s recommendation that [the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights], ILO and UNDP strengthen their partnership for the promotion and implementation of indigenous peoples’ rights through joint country programmes. It also demonstrates our commitment to Article 41 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which calls on the entire United Nations system to do its part, including by mobilizing financial cooperation and technical assistance.
(more)


STATEMENT
Deputy-Secretary General
Asha-Rose Migiro

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PRESS CONFERENCE

20 May 2011 Press Conference
United Nations
Department of Public Information
News & Media Division, New York


PRESS CONFERENCE ON LAUNCH OF UNITED NATIONS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' PARTNERSHIP

Using $1.5 million in start-up funds supplied by the Government of Denmark, the United Nations Indigenous Partnership (UNIPP) would work at the country level to promote dialogue and build partnerships, Raja Devashish Roy, a member of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, said at Headquarters today.

"This (partnership) will work on the ground," he said at a press conference to launch UNIPP. "It will take projects and programmes and develop the capacity of Governments and indigenous peoples' organizations. It will build partnerships at the country level with indigenous peoples in the driver's seat." The Partnership would expand on the global endeavours now carried out by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, he added.

Mr. Roy said the initiative aimed to coordinate and deepen the work of the United Nations system on the rights of indigenous peoples at the country level, by bringing together the experience and power of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Denmark, called the Partnership "an innovative global alliance with great potential to advance the rights of indigenous peoples".


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PRESS CONFERENCE – WEBCAST – VIDEO ON DEMAND


Ambassador Carsten Staur
Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

AMBASSADOR CARSTEN STAUR (biography)
Permanent Representative of Denmark
to the United Nations


Press conference to launch the United Nations Indigenous Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP) 20 May 2011


The first global initiative to protect indigenous peoples' rights. Speakers will include: Ambassador Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, Ivan Imonovi, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Cleo Doumbria-Henry, Directrice, International Labour Standards, International Labor Organization and Devasish Roy, Member, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Running time: 00:44:34
Language(s) available:
English


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UN NEWS CENTRE

UN launches new initiative to promote rights
of world's indigenous peoples



20 May 2011 - Four United Nations entities today launched a new initiative to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, aiming to strengthen their institutions and ability to fully participate in governance and policy processes at the local and national levels.

The initiative, to be known as the UN Indigenous Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP), was launched on the sidelines of the 10th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues under way at UN Headquarters.

IDN - InDepth
News Magazine for International Cooperation
20 May 2011
Geneva



UN Holds Out Fresh Hope for Indigenous Peoples

In a landmark step towards lifting more than 370 million indigenous peoples in some 90 countries accounting for 15 per cent of the world's poor out of extreme poverty, four United Nations entities have launched a new initiative.

The initiative, to be known as the UN Indigenous Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP), will promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, aspiring to strengthen their institutions and ability to fully participate in governance and policy processes at the local and national levels.

Credit: Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsReport


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