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20th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

19 April 2021 - 30 April 2021

Free

Provisional agenda of the twentieth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

1. Election of officers

2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work

3. Discussion on the theme “Peace, justice and strong institutions: the role of indigenous peoples in implementing Sustainable Development Goal 16”

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

5. Dialogues:

(a) Dialogue with indigenous peoples;

(b) Dialogue with Member States;

(c) Dialogue with the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes;

(d) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

(e) Regional dialogues;

(f) Thematic dialogues;

6. Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

7. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council and emerging issues, specifically challenges related to pandemics and responses to them.

8. Provisional agenda of the twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum

9. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its twentieth session

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Details

Start:
19 April 2021
End:
30 April 2021
Cost:
Free
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Venue

Virtual

Organizer

UN Economic and Social Council