Thirteenth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Side Events (and other relevant events on the occasion of the UNPFII Session)

As of 19 May 2014

First Week

Monday 12 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:15 – 14:30 Effective and Meaningful Participation in the UNPFII UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples & doCip

General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Reviewing multi-source data and approaches for monitoring pressures over indigenous lands, territories and resources

The International Land Coalition Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Indigenous Women and Development: Experiences from Latin America, Africa, and Asia

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – New York Office & MADRE

FF 1507A – FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 Yes to Reproductive Justice, No to Environmental Violence: Defending our Rights, Our Bodies, and Our Futures

Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN)

FF 909 The Rio Room - FF Building

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 13 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:00 – 15:00 Indigenous Land Rights and Economic Risk Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade S 27.23 – Secretariat Building

13:00 – 15:00 A legacy of Indigenous Peoples at the UN; moving treaties to a declaration, upgrade DRIP to a convention, including youth and parallel activities, a process toward Observer status among nations, next steps.

American Indian Movement West, Co-sponsored by American Indian Movement, Kus-kura S.C; Maasai Women for Education and Economic; Consejo de Ancianos de Karata; Euahlayi Peoples Republic/Sovereignty Union of Aboriginal Nations; Mesa de Pueblos Originarios

S 27.27FC – Secretariat Building

13:15 – 14:30 Indigenous Women roadmap for advocacy heading Post 2015 Development Agenda and the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

International Indigenous Women's Forum General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Experiences and lessons on Intercultural Health Models: the work of indigenous women networks in partnership with Spanish Cooperation and UNFPA

UNFPA Conference Room 7 - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13.15 – 14.30 Public policies for indigenous peoples and communities in Mexico

Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN Conference Room B – Secretariat Building

13:15 – 14:30 Presentation of ISID report on 2013 summer forum 'Mining, Economic Development and Indigenous Peoples: Getting the Governance Equation Right'

Institute for the Study of International Development

FF 6th floor - FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights of Indigenous Youth

Incomindios FF 1507A - FF Building

Cultural Event 13:00 – 15:00 Protecting and Restoring Sacred Sites under the guidance

of First Peoples Cultural, Spiritual and Legal Heritage Keepers

United Religions Initiative Church Center for the United Nations/ Tillman Chapel located at 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017.

18:15 – 21:30 Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Cultures around the World UN Department of Public Information, NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Tribal Link Foundation, and the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DSPD/DESA.

2nd floor of the North Lawn Building (NLB) (Entrance on 1st avenue and 47th street)

 

 

Wednesday 14 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:15 – 14:30 Making the Sustainable Development Goals/Post-2015 Development Agenda Relevant and Responsive to Indigenous Peoples: Update, Issues and Challenges

Tebtebba Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Affirming Indigenous Peoples' Cultural Rights in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda: A roundtable discussion

Tribal Link Foundation

FF 909 The Rio Room - FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 Introducing WIN: An Invitation to Engage

UNDP Equator Initiative FF 1507A - FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 Maori Governance in the New New Zealand Lunch will be provided

Maori and Indigenous Governance Centre & Waikato University

Conference Room B – Secretariat Building

13:15 – 14:30 Bridge to Future - Indigenous Youth document the achievements of the First IP delegates at the UN

doCip General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Pueblos Indígenas y Gobernanza en Áreas Protegidas Consejo Indígena de Centro América, Consejo Indígena Mesoamericano, Red de Mujeres Indígenas sobre Biodiversidad

FF 10120 The Amartya Sen Room - FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 Batei: Ancestral & Modern States: Reclaiming a Matriarchal Governing Principle for Island Arawak territories

Indigenous Teaching and Learning Circle

DC2 0811 – DC2 Building  

15:00 – 18:00 Climate Change and Food Sovereignty: The Commitments of the Millennium for Future Generations

Land is Life S 27.27 – Secretariat Building

16:30 - 18:00

Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples on the Forests Action Area for the Secretary General’s Climate Summit

UNDP & UN-REDD Programme General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

18:15 - 20:00

UN-REDD Programme/GEF SGP Reception to Celebrate the Launch of Community-Based REDD+

UNDP/ UN-REDD Programme/ GEF SGP 2nd floor of the North Lawn Building (NLB)

External Events 13:30 – 16:30 Global Leadership School of Indigenous Women Event

Light lunch will be served Interpretation: Spanish/ English available

FIMI

8th Floor, Church Center

15:00 – 16:30 Indigenous Peoples' and Community Conserved Territories & Areas (ICCAs): Appropriate and good governance of nature and natural resources in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 3

GEF-SGP, ICCA Consortium, Natural Justice, CENESTA, UNINOMAD, and KLC (to be confirmed)

FF 1507A - FF Building

to 6, 26 and 46). Examples from the field, analysis and perspectives for the future

18:30 Don't Feed the Indians (A Divine Comedy Pageant) Food and refreshments will be served. Followed by a discussion after the play addressing the Doctrine of Discovery. Speakers include Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga Nation) Former Vice-Chairperson and Member of the UNPFII and Special Rapporteur on the Preliminary Study on the Doctrine of Discovery, Chief Oren R. Lyons (Onondaga Nation) Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan and Muriel Miguel (Kuna/Rappahannock), Artistic Director of Spiderwoman Theater.

The American Indian Law Alliance, Spiderwoman Theater, American Indian Community House, The American Indian Community House Youth Council of New York City, The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples and "Safe Harbors" Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective at La MaMa Theater and others

La MaMa Theater, Great Jones Street Studios, 47 Great Jones Street (Between Lafayette Street and Bowery Street, downtown Manhattan)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 15 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:00 – 15:00 Maori Tu: A symbol of Maori support for UNDRIP New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute S 27.23 – Secretariat Building

13:00 – 15:00 La Consulta Previa y el Consentimiento Libre Previo e Informado de los pueblos indígenas de la cuenca amazónica

COICA S 27.27 – Secretariat Building

13:15 – 14:30 Indigenous Women and CEDAW: Challenges and opportunities

Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber

13:15 – 14:30 Revitalising Indigenous Languages AUT University and New Zealand Permanent Mission to the UN

Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Cultural Enterprise Economy: Advancing Economic and Community Development with indigenous Environmental Governance, Traditional Knowledge and Culture

The Nature Conservancy, the Kimberley Land Council and the World Indigenous Network (UNDP)

Conference Room B – Secretariat Building

13:15 – 14:30 Les populations autochtones des pays de Mayoko et leurs cultures

Association Congolaise pour le Développement Agricole (ACDA)/ Représentant les peuples autochtones des pays de Mayoko, Département du Niari République du Congo

DC2 0811 – DC2 Building

13:15 – 14:30 Challenging the implementation of IFI safeguard policies in Asia

Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association FF 909 The Rio Room - FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 Importance of Understanding Indigenous Men's and Women's Use and Knowledge of Natural Resources

Conservation International FF 1507A - FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 SIDE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Ending the Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women – The Call for a National Public Inquiry and a Comprehensive Plan of Action

Native Women's Association of Canada

FF 6th Floor - FF Building

18:30 – 20:00 The Hadza: Last of the Firsts. Addressing Indigenous Peoples' Right to Self-Determination in a Landscape under pressure Documentary screening with Q&A to follow and with refreshments and food.

The Nature Conservancy, co-sponsored by UNDP Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

External Events 13:00 – 15:00 Advancing Genuine Political Participation: Strategies for

Overcoming Exclusion for Marginalized Groups Including light lunch, 12:40 to 13:00

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

First Floor Conference Room at Uganda House (Permanent Mission of Uganda to the UN-336 E 45th St, between First and Second Avenue) Kindly return RSVP to k.lettrich@idea.int ,

+1 (212) 286-1084 13:15 – 14:30 Implementing the UN Declaration of Indigenous Peoples

Rights: Youth Indigenous Voice and Experiences UNDP/RBLAC, co-sponsored by Juventud con Voz/PNUD, Red de Jóvenes Indígenas de Centroamérica y México, Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México, Mujeres Indígenas por Ciarena

10th Floor, 304 East 45th Street (FF building)

18:00 – 21:00 Reception in the memory of Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa The Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Flying Eagle Woman Fund

2nd Floor, 777 UN Plaza (44th Street and 1st Avenue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 16 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:00 – 15:00 Indigenous Peoples Rights and Implementation of UNDRIP in Guyana: what progress?

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) S 27.27 – Secretariat Building

13:15 – 14:30 Presentation of the Report on Democracy and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

UNDP/RBLAC/UN Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues Member Alvaro Pop

General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Indigenous Villages of Culture

Uralic Foundation Conference Room 8 - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Self-Determination for Indigenous Peoples: When it is promoted and where it is thwarted

International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), co-sponsored by Sunray Meditation Society, NGO Committee on the United Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, International Presentation Association

FF 10120 The Amartya Sen Room – FF Building

13:15 – 14:30 The Nordic Sámi Convention (NSC): an implementation tool for Indigenous Peoples Rights

Galdú - Resource Centre for the Right of Indigenous Peoples

Conference Room 3

15:00 – 18:00 Training, Indigenous Participation to the Human Rights Council

UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples & doCip

General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

External Events 09:00 – 18:00 Indigenous People’s Exhibit. Sale of Arts & Crafts Church Center for the United Nations, 777 UN Plaza,

2nd Floor (between 1st & 2nd Ave) 13:00 – 15:00 Film documentary, CAN’T STOP THE WATER about the

plight of Native peoples in Louisiana losing their homes and livelihoods to rising Gulf waters

Grail, UFER, Sunray Meditation Society, Yachay Wasi and The Mothers Project.

Bahai Center, 866 UN Plaza, E. of 1st Av. on 48th St. Bahai International Center RSVP http://cantstopthewater.bpt.me

18:00 – 20:00 70th Commemoration of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their Homeland of Crimea

The Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations in cooperation with the Meclis of the Crimean Tatar People (US representative - Ms. Ayla Bakkalli, Representative of the Crimean Tatar Meclis at the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues - United Nations Headquarters, New York).

UN Library Hall

18:00 – 22:00 "Honoring The People" - Native American Social Invited Drums: SilverCloud Singers and Mystic River Food and refreshments will be served. Come and join us for an evening of singing, dancing and socializing. There will be Food, Raffles, 50/50 Raffle and

American Indian Community House, American Indian Law Alliance, Spiderwoman Theater, SilverCloud Singers, AICH Youth Council of New York City, The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples and "Safe Harbors" Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective at La MaMa Theater

American Indian Community House, 134 West 29th Street 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001 (29th street between 6th and 7th Aves)

Door Prizes

 

Second Week

Monday 19 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:15-14:30 Los Pueblos Indígenas en América Latina: avances en el último decenio y retos pendientes para el respeto de sus derechos

ECLAC Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Implementing FPIC through Private Sector Engagement First Peoples Worldwide FF 10120 The Amartya Sen Room – FF Building

13:15-14:30 The Removal of Aboriginal Children in Australia into State Care. An Attempt at Change - The work of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Towards Reconciliation

Indigenous Law Centre - Australia FF 1528 – FF Building

13:15-14:30 Launch of publication "Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, including Truth and Reconciliation Processes

Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples' Right Program)/ Columbia University

FF 909 The Rio Room – FF Building

13:15-14:30 Marginalisation and Impunity: Violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Kapaeeng Foundation FF 1173 HIV/AIDS Room – FF Building

13:15-14:30 Freedom of Expression for Indigenous Communities in Guatemala

Mujb ab'al Yol and Radio Ixchel FF 6th Floor – FF Building

13:15-14:30 Special Event to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the late Nobel Laureate Prof. Wangari Maathai

Permanent Mission of Kenya Conference Room 2 – Conference Building

13:15-14:30 UNIPP Success Stories: Cooperating to promote and protect indigenous peoples' rights at the country level

UNIPP General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Wapikoni short films: a strong and original voice of the indigenous contemporary cinema

Wapikoni mobile DC2 0811 – DC2 Building

18:30-20:00 Consultation with Indigenous Peoples on UNDP’s Draft Social and Environmental Standards and Dispute Resolution Process

UNDP Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building

External Events 18:30 – 21:00 Justice with intercultural vision: Mexican State’s formative

strategies for the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights With the participation of Álvaro Pop

UNDP Mexico, TEPJF, and the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN

Landmark Room of the UN Millenium Plaza Hotel, located in 1 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

 

Tuesday 20 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location 13:15-14:30 Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples: Russian

Experience Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation

Conference Room 6 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Principles of good governance: Local governments' use of UNDRIP and its challenges

Cultural Survival FF 10120 The Amartya Sen Room – FF Building

13:15-14:30 An Implementing and Monitoring Mechanism for the UNDRIP

Indian Law Resource Center FF 909 The Rio Room– FF Building

13:15-14:30 Using the UN CERD to Defend, Advance and Protect Indigenous Peoples' Rights, an interactive dialogue with CERD President Francisco Cali Tzay

International Indian Treaty Council General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Launching of IWGIA's yearbook "The Indigenous World 2014"

IWGIA Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Indigenous Health Data - Toward a global report card Lowitja Institute and the Lancet FF 1173 HIV/AIDS Room – FF Building 18:30 - 20:00 Recent developments in WIPO norm-setting process for

Intellectual Property protection for Traditional knowledge: Indigenous Perspectives

World Intellectual Property Organization Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

External Events 13:15 – 14:45 Water is Life, in the time of the Inkas

Agua es la vida, en el tiempo de los Inkas Ms. Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe, Member of Permanent Forum, will be a speaker. Spanish/English translation: Ms. Illari Delgado, Yachay Wasi, USA  

Yachay Wasi UNEP NY Office Conference Room – 2 UN Plaza Room DC-803

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 21 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location 13:00-15:00 The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the climate

change convention (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity: Updates and Ensuring Effective Participation of Indigenous Women

Asian Indigenous Women 's Network DC2 0811 – DC2 Building

13:15-14:30 From Canada to Guatemala to the Philippines: Honouring Indigenous Women's Wisdom. Women's role in defending collective rights and protecting the environment worldwide

KAIROS DHLA

13:15-14:30 Building Dialogue Around Rights, Governance, and Citizen Participation Through Indigenous Community Media

Sobrevivencia Cultural FF 909 The Rio Room – FF Building

13:15-14:30 Pastoralism and the Post 2015 agenda. UNEP, IUCN/ WISP, WAMIP, IFAD, ILC, FAO, Tebtebba

Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Business Respect and Support for Indigenous Peoples' Rights

UN Global Compact General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

External Events 13:30 – 16:30 Working Human Rights into Peaceful Implementation of

SDGs Bahai Center 866 United Nations Plaza Suite 120. New

York, NY 10017 15:00 – 18:00 Indigenous Peoples' and Community Conserved Territories

& Areas (ICCAs): Appropriate and good governance of nature and natural resources in line with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Articles 3 to 6, 26 and 46). Examples from the field, analysis and perspectives for the future

UNDP, GEF-SGP, ICCA Consortium, Natural Justice, CENESTA, UNINOMAD, and KLC (to be confirmed)

FF 1507A - FF Building (304 East 45th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 22 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location

13:15 – 14:30 Managing Forests, Sustaining Lives, Lessons Learned from the Learning Route to Indigenous Peoples. Communities in the Mekong Region

IFAD/AIPP/ PROCASUR General Assembly Hall - North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15 – 14:30 Approaches for preservation and development of indigenous languages

Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation (RAIPON)/ Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, Association of Finno Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation

Conference Room 7 – North Lawn Building (NLB)

13:15-14:30 Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Design and Development for Indigenous Communities

Barinu Institute for Economic Development DC2 0811 – DC 2 Building

External Events 18:00 – 21:00 Screening of “Cherokee Word for Water”

Reception, Film Screening and Discussion Note that in order to attend this event, you must RSVP no later than May 15 using the following link: cherokeewordforwater.eventbrite.com

Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY

Ford Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External events prior to the session and during weekends

Saturday 10 May Time Title of Event Organizers Location 15:30 – 18:00 Sámi Stories Symposium

(FREE) Sámi Stories: Art and Identity of an Arctic People opens with an afternoon symposium offering in-depth perspectives on Sámi history, identity, and visual culture. Featuring a panel discussion with contemporary Sámi Stories artists Britta Marakatt-Labba and Aslaug Juliussen, renowned musician Mari Boine, and curators Charis Gullickson, Northern Norway Art Museum, and Marit Anne Hauan, University of Tromsø Museum. The symposium will be followed by a reception celebrating the exhibition’s opening.

Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, 58 Park Avenue @ 38th Street

Saturday 17 May Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development Permanent Mission of

Mexico, Ford Foundation Ford Foundation Auditorium

Sunday 18 May 12:00 – 17:00 Indigenous Peoples Festival

Danza Mexica, Song/ Dance with Kasibahagua Taino Cultural Society & Special Guests, Native Art & Food (Free Admittance)

Friends of Brook Park 141st Street and Brook Avenue, Bronx, NY