Fourteenth Session of the Permanent Forum

The fourteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was held at UN Headquarters, New York from 20 April to 1 May 2015.

 

Report on the Fourteenth Session
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Statements from the session can be found on the UN Papersmart page

 

Provisional Agenda (with Concept Notes to guide the discussions)

1. Election of officers
    
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
    
3. Follow-up on the recommendations of the Permanent Forum:
   1. Outcome of the high-level plenary meeting also known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;  (Concept Note EN | ES | FR | RU) 
   2. Post-2015 development agenda; (Concept Note EN | ES | FR | RU)
   3. Youth, self-harm and suicide (Concept Note EN | ES | FR | RU)
       
4. Half-day discussion on the Pacific region. (Concept Note EN | ES | FR | RU)
    
5. Half-day discussion on the expert group meeting on the theme “Dialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”. (Report of the meeting AR | EN | ES | FR | RU | ZH) 
    
6. Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds: Post-2015 Development Agenda, with special focus on Food, Hunger and Disease (Concept Note EN | ES | FR | RU)
    
7. Human rights with focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: (Concept Note EN | ES | FR | RU) 
   1. Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
   2. Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
       
8. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues of the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues. (Concept Note on Methods of Work of the Forum EN | ES | FR | RU)
    
9. Draft agenda for the fifteenth session of the Permanent Forum.
    
10. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its fourteenth session.

 

Proposed Organization of Work by day:

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Media Backgrounders/Factsheets:

• Indigenous Peoples and Post-2015 Development Agenda,
  with focus on Hunger and Disease (EN | ES | FR)
• Youth, Self-harm and Suicide (EN | ES | FR)
• The Pacific Region (EN | ES | FR)
• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (EN | ES | FR)

 

Press conferences

• Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples 27 April 2015
• Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific 22 April 2015
• Opening of the Fourteenth Session of the Permanent Forum 20 April

 

Meetings coverage

Tuesday, 28 April: Discussion on the expert group meeting on the theme “Dialogue on an optional protocol to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” and on indigenous women and Beijing +20

Monday, 27 April: Human Right

Fridyay, 24 April: Discussion on indigenous human development and human rights indicators

Thursday, 23 April: Indigenous peoples and the post 2015 development agenda

Wednesday, 22 April: Discussions on the methods of work of the Permanent Forum

Monday, 20 April: Opening of the fourteenth session of the Permanent Forum

Registration

The Registration Desk will be open on:
Sunday, 19 April: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, 20 April to Wednesday 22 April: 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday 23 April and for the duration of the Forum: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Please note: The Registration Desk will close each day from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Online pre-registration has now closed.

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