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Archbishop Caccia addresses The 22nd United Nations Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues.

The Holy See expresses its appreciation for the work of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and would like to offer a few thoughts on the role Indigenous Peoples play in the areas of health and care for the environment. Recently, Pope Francis asked Governments “to recognize the Indigenous Peoples of the whole world, with their cultures, languages, traditions, and spirituality, and to respect their dignity and their rights.” In this sense, it is vital to acknowledge their unique experience in the areas that we are discussing today, which represent an irreplaceable resource for all humanity. In matters related to health, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) affirms the right of indigenous people to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices. In this regard, the Holy See stresses the importance of culturally sensitive healthcare. Imposing a model of health disregards the dignity and rights of Indigenous Peoples and risks becoming a form of “ideological colonization.” Furthermore, Governments should remove cultural, economic, linguistic, and information barriers to ensure access to quality health care. Second, while Indigenous Peoples have a minimal impact on climate change, they are among the first to face its consequences. At the same time, the contribution of Indigenous Peoples is fundamental in the fight against climate change. They can help enhance the resilience of ecosystems, including by adapting to the impact of climate change in creative ways, drawing on their traditional knowledge and practice. Therefore, valuing their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge helps open up pathways for better environmental management. Third, Indigenous lands make up around twenty percent of the Earth’s territory and contain eighty percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. In this regard, Indigenous Peoples are irreplaceable custodians of biodiversity and key partners in its conservation, restoration and sustainable use. Indeed, Indigenous populations hold valuable knowledge and practices for the sustainable management of biodiversity due to their unique relationship with their lands, which is a “fundamental expression of their identity.” With this in mind, the Holy See thus reiterates that any effort to achieve the ambitious targets agreed upon in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework must respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including over their territories.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

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Closing ceremony of the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues.

It’s the last day of the sessions– Thank you to all of you who participated and raised your voices at the United Nations about Indigenous Peoples rights! closing ceremony.

Dialogue with member states.

Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples

Theme: “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”.

Indigenous Media Zone 2023 Programme.

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Opening remarks by United Nations Secratary-General on the 22nd Plenary session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues.

It is my privilege to welcome you to this twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Indigenous Peoples reflect humanity’s magnificent diversity – representing more than 5,000 different cultures and speaking over 4,000 different languages.

Customs and traditions vary widely. But the challenges are strikingly similar:

Marginalization and exclusion.

The denial of human rights.

Illegal exploitation of resource-rich territories.

Dispossession and eviction from ancestral lands.

Even physical attacks and violence.

Around the world, millions of Indigenous Peoples are losing their lands, their rights, and their resources.

The injustice of generations of discrimination manifests itself in staggering inequalities.

Indigenous Peoples make up around five per cent of the world’s population – but fifteen per cent of the world’s poorest.

Indigenous women, the keepers of so much rich heritage, often suffer the most.

My message today is clear: the United Nations stands with you.

Excellencies,

I welcome your focus this year on the intersection of human and planetary health, the climate crisis, and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

I salute indigenous movements across the world – often led by women and young people – for spearheading efforts to protect nature and preserve biodiversity.

For thousands of years, Indigenous Peoples have pioneered sustainable land management and climate adaption.

In the Sahel, ancient farming techniques are breathing life into the semi-arid region.

Across the Amazon, indigenous agriculture has preserved and enhanced the richness of the rainforest’s ecology.

And in the Himalayas, systems developed by Indigenous Peoples preserve soil, reduce erosion, conserve water, and reduce disaster risks.

But Indigenous Peoples live on the frontlines of the climate emergency.

Last year, I traveled to Suriname and had the extraordinary privilege of visiting with the Kaliña peoples.

I saw first-hand how climate change is devastating their lands, destroying their way of life, and threatening their very survival.

Indigenous Peoples have done nothing to cause the climate crisis but often face the worst and most immediate impacts.

That is why we must speed-up efforts to deliver climate justice and scale up finance and capacities for adaptation and loss and damage.

At the same time, Indigenous Peoples hold many of the solutions to the climate crisis and are guardians of the world’s biodiversity.

The so-called “green economy” is not a new concept for Indigenous Peoples.  It is a way of life – stretching back millennia.

We have so much to learn from their wisdom, knowledge, leadership, experience, and example.

And so, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Since the adoption of the landmark Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, the United Nations has steadily broadened the participation of Indigenous Peoples in our work.

The declaration has been utilized in courts and galvanized political action, including the development of national action plans.

I welcome the strengthened participation of Indigenous Peoples through platforms established within UN processes, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The report on Our Common Agenda calls for innovative approaches to advance the meaningful participation and leadership of those traditionally marginalized, including minority and indigenous groups.

This includes efforts to combat food insecurity and close the digital divide. 

The United Nations is committed to keep promoting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in policies and programming at all levels – and to amplify your voices.

Let us learn from and embrace the experiences of Indigenous Peoples worldwide.

Let us work together and walk hand-in-hand towards peace, sustainability, and prosperity for all.

I wish all of you a very successful Forum.

Thank you.

United Nations Secretary-General remarks on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

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Opening remarks by UNGA77 President at the 22nd Plenary session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues.

Gracias, Mr. President,

Mr. Secretary-General,

Madam President of ECOSOC,

Excellencies,

Thank you for the invitation to address you today.

I congratulate Chair Dario Mejía Montalvo on his re-election to lead the Permanent Forum and wish its members great success over the next two weeks of its twenty-second session.

Let me extend a very warm welcome to the Indigenous Peoples who travelled from far and wide to be in New York for this important occasion.

We gather today to hear your concerns and aspirations, to learn from your wisdom – and to celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity represented in your communities.

We are all acutely aware of the interconnected crises playing out on a wide scale across our world – from climate change and conflict to biodiversity loss and violations of human rights.

These challenges to humanity and the planet are forcing us to take an honest look at how we enhance our global governance of public health, food systems and global common goods.

For Indigenous Peoples, the health of the planet and the health of people are intrinsically linked.

It took us a long time to learn from you and we are still paying a huge price for our slow learning curve.

The land and natural resources are intimately connected in your identities, cultures and livelihoods, as well as your physical and spiritual well-being.

It is therefore critical that our Organization understands the factors impacting your health and well-being, and addresses them in a holistic and rights-based manner.

To do this effectively, we need the experience and insight of Indigenous Peoples.

Your full and effective participation in processes that affect your rights is a core tenet of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

It is also vital to the success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at local, regional and international levels.

Your peoples’ ancestral knowledge, nurtured over centuries, has paved the way for the development of many modern medicines.

As guardians of 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity, you hold traditional proficiency in how to adapt, mitigate and reduce climate risks.

By following your guidance, we can be much better positioned to fulfil the SDGs.

I invite you to enrich our understanding and bolster our quest for transformative solutions.

Solutions which promote peace, ensure the protection of human rights and foster sustainable development.

Solutions that wisely use the forces of nature instead of trying to overpower them.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Our world, and we at the UN, are at a watershed moment. A moment of inflection.

In such a time of challenges and change, we have to mobilize all our available assets.

To do so, we have to open the doors to the wider participation of indigenous peoples in the economies and the political processes, and particularly in the decisions affecting their traditional ways of life.

Of course, all of that must be fully in line with the principle of free, prior and informed consent.

On 20 April, I will hold the third Interactive Hearing with Indigenous Peoples as mandated by the General Assembly, to enhance the participation of indigenous representatives and institutions in the work of the UN.

I encourage both them and the Member States to explore how best to integrate the contributions of Indigenous scholars into our deliberations throughout the negotiating processes this session.

Dear friends,

It is high time we recognized how urgently we should act to save people and planet.

It is high time we reaffirmed the solidarity that should unite every member of our eight-billion-strong global community.

It is high time we acknowledged our mutual responsibilities to each other.

Because, our rights always come with responsibilities. And how we handle our inherited responsibilities, will indicate what kind of world we leave for our children.

Tanya Talaga, Canadian author of Anishinaabe and Polish descent, put it this way: “Rebuilding an inequitable and harmful relationship is not easy. But for the good of all our children – Indigenous and not – the hard work must begin.”

Let us take this to heart.

I hope this session will lead to fruitful discussions and I look forward to studying your suggestions.

I thank you.

United Nations General Assembly President remarks on the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd plenary session.

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(1st meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Opening Ceremony.

Item 1: Election of officers.

Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

UNPFII Twenty-Second Session

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(2nd meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Interactive dialogues:

International Decade of Indigenous Languages

CEDAW General Recommendation No.39 on Indigenous Women and Girls

Dialogue on Indigenous Platforms establish within United Nations entities

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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(3rd meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Item 3: Special theme of session: "Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach"

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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(4th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

(Continued) Item 3: Special theme of session: "Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach".

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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(5th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Interactive Dialogue: Item 5 (d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. More specifically, the Permanent Forum: provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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(7th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Item 4: Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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(8th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Item 6: Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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Creating an enabling environment for free and independent Indigenous Community Media. Panel discussion.

In this multi-stakeholder panel, Media professionals from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, North America and Europe will share their experiences in creating an enabling environment and conditions for the development of Indigenous community media. The panel will provide recommendations to the UNPFII on next steps for action to enable transformative change.

Creating an enabling environment for free and independent Indigenous Community Media (UNPFII Side Event)

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(6th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

Interactive Dialogue (Continued): Item 5 (d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council.

The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. More specifically, the Permanent Forum: provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC; raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system; prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues; promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).

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(11th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session.

UNPFII Twenty-Second Session: 17-28 April 2023. Theme: "Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach".

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(10th meeting) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 22nd session, Closing.

UNPFII Twenty-Second Plenary Session: 17-28 April 2023. Theme: "Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach".

Description

Item 7: Provisional agenda of the twenty-third session

Item 8: Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twenty-second session

Closing of the session

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

More specifically, the Permanent Forum:

provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, as well as to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through ECOSOC;

raises awareness and promotes the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system;

prepares and disseminates information on indigenous issues;

promotes respect for and full application of the provisions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and follow up the effectiveness of this Declaration (Art. 42 UNDRIP).