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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Programme of WCIP - 22 and 23 September 2014

Opening prayer
Welcome prayer from Chief Sidd Hill of the Haudenosaunee

Opening Plenary Meeting
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Remarks from:

  • H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the General Assembly
  • H.E. Mr Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
  • H.E. Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • H.E. Mr. Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland (Western European and Other Group)
  • H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo (Group of African States)
  • H.E. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia (Group of Eastern European States)
  • H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico (Latin American and Caribbean Group) (Also in Spanish)
  • Chief Oren Lyons, Chief of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs
  • Ms. Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sami Parliament of Norway (Representative of the Arctic Indigenous Region)
  • Mr. Luis Evelis, Senator of the Republic of Colombia (Representative of the Central and South America and the Caribbean Indigenous Region)
  • H.E. Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  • Adoption of the conference outcome document

Roundtable 1: UN system action for the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Meeting Summary

Roundtable 2: Implementing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the national and local level
Webcast video | Meeting Summary | Resumen en español

Roundtable 3: Indigenous peoples’ lands, territories and resources
Webcast video | Meeting Summary

Panel Discussion: Indigenous priorities for the post-2015 sustainable development agenda
Webcast video | Meeting Summary

Closing Plenary Meeting
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Closing Statements:

  • H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the General Assembly
  • H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
  • Mr. Setareki Macanawai, Indigenous Disabilities Representative

Closing prayer: Closing prayer from H.E. Dr. Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs, New Zealand

Meeting Summary

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