Special Events and other Parallel Events at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 18 - 29 May 2009 Monday, 18 May 2009 TIME Title of Event Organizer Location 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Challenges for the Implementation of Interculturality and Plurinationality in the Bolivian and Ecuadorian Constitutions Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations Co-Sponsor: Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Estado de Implementación de las Recomendaciones del Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas Self-Government in Greenland International Indigenous Women´s Forum (FIMI) Department of Foreign Affairs, Greenland Home Rule Government Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m L'autodétermination d'après les Innus en Amérique du Nord Conseil des innus du Nitassinan - Innu Council of Nitassinan (Innu Nation) DC2-12th Floor Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Gender-based Analysis of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples DC2-13th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m The rights (or lack of) of Unrecognized Historical Tribes/Indigenous Peoples: Implementation of DRIP Femmes Autochtones du Quebec / Quebec Native Women Inc Co-Sponsors: Cornell University's American Indian Program Native Women's Association of Canada La Red Xicana Indigena, Member organization ENLACE-North (Continental Network of Indigenous Women) Co-Sponsors: Winnemem Wintu Nation and FIMI (Foro DC2-19th Floor Conference Room, UN Plaza, 44th Street DC2-9th Floor UNESCO Conference Room, UN Plaza, 44th Street Internacional de Mujeres Indigenas), The Indigenous Worlds Association, Na Koa Ikaika KaLahui Hawaii, and Lipan Apache Tribal Band of Texas The Journey Toward Reconciliation The Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources DC2 – 8th Floor UNEP Conference Room, UN Plaza, 44th Street TIME 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Title of Event World Bank Group Extractive Industries: Update on Implementation of Management's Response Industrias Extractivas en Territorios Indígena de Los Andes: conflictos y perspectivas Organizer World Bank Location Conference Room Oxfam América Co-Sponsors: Oxfam, CEADESC, CAOI, Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Indigenous Women's Human Rights Concerns in Urban Areas Native Women's Association of Canada DC2-13th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Presentation of UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations & UN Trust Fund on the Second Decade Indicadores de violencia en contra de Mujeres Indígenas Secretariat of the UNPFII Conference Room Interpretation: E/S/F International Indigenous Women´s Forum (FIMI) Actualizing The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Climate Change Policy Welcome and Opening of the Indigenous exhibit ”Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Cultures” International Forum on Globalization / Tebtebba Foundation Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , the UN Department of Public Information and the NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Tribal Link Foundation DC2-19th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Tuesday, 19 May 2009 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m 6.15 p.m -9:00 p.m Visitors Lobby, UNHQ Wednesday, 20 May 2009 TIME Title of Event Organizer Location 10:00 a.m -11.25 a.m Interpretation: E/S/F REDD one On one - what are the basics issues of concerns for Indigenous Peoples Co – Sponsor: Indigenous Environmental Network NGO Committee on Human Rights (ECOSOC), International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of The Tropical Forests, Indigenous World Association (ECOSOC), International Native Tradition Interchange (ECOSOC), Hmong Lao Human Rights Council, CORE (ECOSOC), Wara Instituto Indígena Brasileiro, International Indian Treaty Council (ECOSOC), Khmer Krom Federation, Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (ECOSOC), Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, Western Shoshone Defense Project and many others TBA Conference Room 11:35 p.m.-1:00 p.m Interpretation: E/S Exercising Rights: Good Practice Implementing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m 10:00 a.m -11.25 a.m Interpretation: E/S Film Screening: 'Yajilarra: To Dream: Aboriginal Women Leading Change in Remote Australia' Followed by a panel discussion Launching of IWGIA's yearbook: The Indigenous World 2009 Cultural Survival Co-Sponsor: Lancaster University Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) Conference Room 11:35 a.m.–1:00 p.m Interpretation: E/S/F/R Launching doCip’s Documentary DVD on the UNPFII (1999-2008) & The Indigenous Portal for, by and about Indigenous Peoples doCip and the Indigenous Portal Co-Sponsors: The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples Conference Room Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S The Indigenous Peoples' Road Map to Copenhagen and Beyond Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education) Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Women and the Right to Education UNICEF Building Interpretation: E/S 1:15-2:45 Interpretation: E/S Hacia una declaración de los derechos de la Madre Tierra UNICEF Co-sponsors FIMI UNICEF Fondo Indigena Permanent Mission of Bolivia Co-sponsor: FIMI 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Comparative Cultures of the Arctic Siberian Peoples Yurta mira _ World Yurta of Peace DC2-13th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation The urgent need for criteria helping to identify and denounce different forms of forced integration First Nations Education Council /Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador DC2-19th Floor Conference Room, UN Plaza, 44th Street 6:30 p.m – 9:00 p.m A Brave New World: Indigenous Peoples in the New Political and Economic Landsace Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors:American Indian Community House, Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation, Peace Development Fund, Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church of the UN, Seventh Generation Fund, SPFII UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave Organizer Location Thursday 21 May 2009 TIME Title of Event Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Cultural Indicators for Food Sovereignty and Sustainable development FAO Co-Sponsors: IITC, SPFII Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Broadcasting Human Rights to Indigenous Communities FAIRA Co-Sponsor: Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action Australian Indigenous Communications Association Cultural Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Nation State Responses to Violence Perpetrated Against Indigenous Women 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Video PPT 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m A Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Sovereignty in the Arctic Taking advocacy digital: Emerging Online Indigenous Youth Networks 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m The Spanish ratification of ILO's Convention 169 Reflections on its implications 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Address the disproportionate numbers of Indigenous peoples held as prisoners specially political 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Sami Self-Determination: Scope and Implementation 6:30 p.m – 9:00 p.m 10th Anniversary Reception Survival - Guatemala Radio Project Indigenous Women's Network Co-Sponsors: Amnesty International 7th Generation Fund Huairou Commission GROOTS International/GROOTS Canada Inuit Circumpolar Council Conference Room Conference Room UNICEF Co-Sponsors TBD Danny Kaye Visitor’s Center, UNICEF House 44th Street, between 1st & 2nd Avenues Spanish Agency for International DC2-13th Floor Development Cooperation - The Conference Room Indigenous Peoples Programme UN Plaza, 44th Street American Indian Movement-WEST Co-Sponsors: 1.American Indian Treaty Council 2.American Indian Movement, AIMWEST 3.Peace Action 4.National American Prisoner' Rights Coalition GÁLDU - Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Co-Sponsors: Sami Parliament, Norway Saami Council Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors:American Indian Community House, Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation, Peace Development Fund, Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church of the UN, Seventh Generation Fund, SPFII DC2-19th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 10th Floor, UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave Friday, 22 May 2009 TIME 9AM-10AM 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S/F Title of Event Organizer Location Presentation of the UN-DESA Civil Society and Online Pre-Registration System Our Children Our Future, A Global Indigenous Peoples Initiative to Stop TB NGO Unit DESA-DSPD Conference Room Assembly of First Nations Co-Sponsors: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Assembly of First Nations Stop TB Partnership World Health Organization Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada IFAD - International Fund for Agriculture Development Co-Sponsors: CHRISTENSEN FUND - IFAD UNIFEM South Asia Office High Commissioner for Human Rights Co-Sponsors: IWGIA-IPES Conference Room DC2-8th Floor UNEP Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street DC2-13th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S/F 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Indigenous Women in Leadership 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation Directrices de protección para pueblos indígenas aislados y en contacto inicial 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Indigenous sacred sites: Biodiversity and Andean spirituality Yachay Wasi & Indigenous World Association Hosted by UNEP 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Caribbean First Nations: Implementation Review 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Celebrating Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m Interpretation E/S Indigenous Chamber of Commerce of Mexico/Presentación de la Cámara Empresarial Indígena de México United Confederation of Taino People Co-Sponsor: Indigenous Peoples Caucus of the Greater Caribbean Indigenous International Forum on Biodiversity Co-sponsors: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, UNESCO Links Programme Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico Programa Universitario Mexico Nacion Multicultural (UNAM-PUMC)/ International Indigenous Women´s Forum (FIMI) /Indiginous Net of Adivasi Women: Engaging with Climate Change Conference Room Conference Room DC2-19th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street DC2-8th Floor UNESCO Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street Boss Room 1, Church Center UN 777 United Nations Plaza, (Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave.) Alternative Tourism (RITA) Tuesday 26 May 2009 TIME Title of Event Organizer Location UNDP and CEESP/WCPA/TILCEPA Side Event on Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) Participation of Indigenous Peoples in the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Equator Initiative Conference Room World Bank Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Yasuni ITT: The proposal to Change History Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Documentation Network Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations Co-Sponsor: UNEP doCip 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Principles of International Law for Multilateral Development Banks Indian Law Resource Center Co-Sponor: CEADESC DC2-12th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street Organizer Location UN-REDD Programme Co-Sponsors: El Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (CEADESC) WIPO Co-Sponsor WIPO in association with LIENIP Blood Tribe Department of Health Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Wednesday, 27 May 2009 TIME Title of Event 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: S/E/F UN-REDD Programme Operational Guidance: Engagement of Indigenous Peoples 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Launch of WIPO-LENIP Joint Publication 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Indigenous Peoples Wellness Management System -Modern Traditionalism and a Return to Real Health DC2-13th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street Conference Room DC2-13th Floor Conference Room, UN Plaza, 44th Street DC2-12Floor, UN Plaza, 44th Street 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m The Role of Indigenous Women in the Implementation of the UNDRIP: Exploring LocalGlobal Synergies in the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People Organizer: Asian Indigenous Women’s Network Co-Sponsors: Tebtebba, FIMI, African Indigenous Women’s Organization 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Celebrating Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity DC2-19th Floor Conference Room, UN Plaza, 44th Street 6:30 p.m – 9:00 p.m Our Land, Our Life – Indigenous Peoples and Sacred Sites Indigenous International Forum on Biodiversity Co-sponsors: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, UNESCO Links Programme Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors:American Indian Community House, Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation, Peace Development Fund, Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church of the UN, Seventh Generation Fund, SPFII Organizer Location Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples - The Manila Declaration and the Results of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples The Aboriginal Land Rights System in New South Wales and the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Indigenous Writers on Writing Tebtebba Conference Room New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Conference Room Muhlenberg College 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Local and Indigenous Solutions for Environment, Climate Change, and the MDGs United Nations Development Programme DC2-19th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street Conference Room TBC 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Lands rights and Arab Minority Human Rights in the Negev Negev Coexistence Forum for civil equality Thursday, 28 May 2009 TIME Title of Event 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave DC2-13th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 9.00 a.m – 6:00 p.m Exhibit & Sale of Indigenous Crafts The United Methodist Office for the UN; the American Indian Law Alliance and the Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Flying Eagle Woman for Peace, Justice and Sovereignty 8th Floor, UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave Friday, 29 May 2009 TIME Title of Event Organizer Location 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Interpretation: E/S Reformas a Naciones Unidas desde perspectiva de Mujeres Indígenas International Indigenous Women´s Forum (FIMI) Conference Room 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m Film Screening: Racismo, violencia y genocidio hacia los pueblos indígenas ejercido por grupos de poder (terratenientes consrvadores de derecha) en Bolivia Repatriation of Crimean Tatars after en masse Deportation in 1944: experience of non-violent National Movement Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations TBC Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People DC2-19th Floor Conference Room UN Plaza, 44th Street 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m ... ”Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Cultures” International Forum on Globalization / Tebtebba Foundation Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , the UN Department of Public Information... Location Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples - The Manila Declaration and the Results of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples The Aboriginal Land... consrvadores de derecha) en Bolivia Repatriation of Crimean Tatars after en masse Deportation in 1944: experience of non-violent National Movement Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations