World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Pre-Registration for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Pre-registration is now OPEN for the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples which will take place on 22 September and on the afternoon of 23 September 2014 at UN Headquarters in New York. Please click here for more information.

The deadline to pre-register is: 23 July 2014

General Assembly Informal Consultations
 - World Conference on Indigenous Peoples -

Wednesday, 16 July and Monday, 18 August 2014
UN Headquarters, New York

Two informal consultations will be conducted by the President of the General Assembly. The first consultation will be held on Wednesday, 16 July, 2014 and will focus on the zero draft conference outcome document. A revised draft outcome document will be issued shortly after the consultation of that meeting and considered at a second and final consultation, on Monday, 18 August, 2014.

Pre-registration: Representatives of Indigenous Peoples who wish to attend the informal consultations, please inform the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at indigenous_un@un.org by Friday, 11 July for the first consultation and by Wednesday, 13 August for the second consultation. Please indicate the name of the organization, name of the representative and contacts including an email address.

To download the letter to Representatives of Indigenous Peoples please click here

Information: UN Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 Development Agenda

Please distribute to your networks/ Por favor distribuyan a sus redes:  

Call for responses by June 30th, 2014: Indigenous Peoples Major Group Draft Position Paper and Matrix for the UN Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: 

Exigen respuestas por 30 de junio de 2014: Proyecto de Documento de posición y Matriz de Los Pueblos Indígenas para los Objectivos de Desarrollo Sostenible despues de 2015 de la ONU

For more information on the Indigenous Peoples Major Group and to download the draft matrix and position paper visit: http://bit.ly/IITC-SDGs

Or join the Indigenous Peoples Major Group listserv at: http://bit.ly/IPMGSDGs

Para más información sobre el Grupo Principal de los Pueblos Indígenas y para para descargar el proyecto de matriz y documento de posición visite: http://bit.ly/IITC-SDGs

O únase a la lista de distribución del Grupo Principal de los Pueblos Indígenas en:http://bit.ly/IPMGSDGs

Thank you/Gracias/Hahom

Roberto Borrero (Taino)

Consultant, International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)

roberto@treatycouncil.org

www.treatycouncil.org

6th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

English version: 

Dear all,

I am pleased to inform that the accreditation for the 6th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is open until 28 June 2013. Please follow the instructions at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Pages/Accreditation.aspx

I would appreciate if you could disseminate this information to your networks.

Texto en espanol: 

Hola a todos,

Me complace informar que la acreditación para la sexta sesión del Mecanismo de Expertos sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas está abierta hasta el 28 de junio de 2013. Por favor, siga las instrucciones en: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Pages/Accreditation.aspx

Le agradecería si pudiera difundir esta información a sus redes.


Texte français:

Bonjour à tous,

Je voudrais vous informer que l'accréditation pour la 6ème session du Mécanisme d'experts sur les droits des peuples autochtones est ouverte jusqu'au 28 Juin 2013. Veuillez suivre les instructions à l'adresse suivante : http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Pages/Accreditation.aspx

Je vous serais reconnaissante si vous pouviez diffuser cette information à travers vos réseaux.

WIPO INDIGENOUS FELLOWSHIP

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore/Traditional Cultural Expressions

Geneva, September 4, 2012

WIPO INDIGENOUS FELLOWSHIP

One year Fellowship (2013), renewable for one further year (2014)

^NEW CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Applications for the WIPO Indigenous Fellowship are now open.  Interested candidates are kindly requested to submit their expressions of interest no later than October 26, 2012.

For additional information on the application procedure and requirements, please visit our website under “News”.

For further information…
For general requests for information about WIPO’s program activities concerning intellectual property and traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions/folklore and genetic resources and related issues, please fill out this form.

Indigenous Fellowship Programmes

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Indigenous Fellowship Programmes

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) organises every year an Indigenous Fellowship Programme, which is an extensive training programme aimed at strengthening indigenous representatives' knowledge of the United Nations system, general Human Rights mechanisms and other mechanisms more specifically dealing with indigenous issues. This programme is exclusively for indigenous persons. It is implemented in close cooperation with University partners and other UN agencies. Trained participants are better equipped to assist their organisations and communities in using existing international instruments and mechanisms to protect their rights. This training programme is available in 4 languages: English, Spanish, French and Russian. For more information on the fellowship programme, please visit our website:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/fellowship.htm

Deadlines to apply to the 2010 programmes per linguistic versions are:

- English: 30 April 2009
- Spanish: 15 July 2009
- French: to be confirmed
- Russian: 30 September 2009

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Programas de Becas para Pueblos Indígenas

La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH) organiza cada año un Programa de Becas para pueblos indígenas cual finalidad es fortalecer los conocimientos de representantes indígenas sobre el systema de las Naciones Unidas, mecanismos de derechos humanos, especialmente aquellos que analizan cuestiones indígenas. Este programa se desarolla exclusivamente para representantes indígenas. Está organizado en estrecha colaboración con Universidades y otras agencias de las Naciones Unidas. Los becarios capacitados están en mejor situación para ayudar a sus organizaciones y comunidades a utilizar estos intrumentos y mecanismos para proteger sus derechos. El programa de formación existe en 4 idiomas: Inglés, Español, Francés y Ruso. Para obtener más información sobre el Programa de Becas, puede visitar nuestra página web:
http://www2.ohchr.org/spanish/issues/indigenous/fellowship.htm

Las fechas límites para mandar sus solicitudes a los Progamas de Becas 2010 son (por componente linguístico):

- Inglés: el 30 de abril de 2009
- Español: el 15 de julio de 2009
- Francés: queda por confirmar
- Ruso: el 30 de septiembre de 2009