UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:
MOVING TOWARDS EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSENSUS

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Eighth Session
New York, May 18-29, 2009

JOINT STATEMENT

Presented by Ashley Iserhoff, Deputy Grand Chief,
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) on behalf of:
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), Inuit Circumpolar Council
Assembly of First Nations, Quebec Native Women, First Nations Summit
Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL)
First Peoples Human Rights Coalition, Indigenous World Association
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers)

Report of the International Expert Group Meeting
on the role of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
in the Implementation of Article 42 of the United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
United Nations Economic and Social Council
4 February 2009
(pdf)


Informe de la reunión del grupo internacional
de expertos sobre el papel del Foro Permanente
para las Cuestiones Indígenas en la aplicación
del artículo 42 de la Declaración de las Naciones
Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas
Consejo Económico y Social
4 de febrero de 2009
(pdf)


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