UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Fifth Session

Special-Events

and Other Parallel Events 2006

FIRST WEEK

Monday, 15 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on: Empowerment in Reproductive Rights: UNFPA’s contribution to the attainment of MDGs 3 and 5of Indigenous Women
By: UNFPA
Speakers: Mariela Padron, Director Latin American and Caribbean Division UNFPA; Tarcila Rivera, Chirapaq; Elsa Crespo, Directora Nacional de la Mujer; Myriam Conejo, Jambi-Huasi, Gertrudis Sire, Chairperson of the Ngöbe Association; Rogelio Fernandez, Director Technical Support UNFPA
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m / Panel discussion on: The United Nations and Youth –Tackling Poverty together
By: United Nations Programme of Youth
Co-sponsor: Global Youth Action Network and the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII
Speakers: Julie Larsen, UN Programme on Youth; Joop Theunissen UN Programme on Youth and Luis Davila, Global Youth Action Network
DC2-19th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Presentation of the Fellowship Programme for indigenous peoples of the OHCHR
By: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
DC2-23rd Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Transforming the patriarchal order to a human rights system through the learning about human rights as away of life
By: People’s Decade for Human Rights Education
Speakers: Kathleen Modrowski and Shulamith Koening, PDHRE
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Screening of short films by indigenous filmmakers from around the world.
By: National Geographic –All Roads Film Project
Co-sponsor: Department of Public Information –Exhibitions Unit
Speaker: Francene Blythe, National Gegraphic

Tuesday, 16 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Launching of the book: The Indigenous World 2006
By: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs -IWGIA
Co-sponsor: Representatives from organizations in Africa
Conference Room 3
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on: UNESCO in the Caribbean –communication and culture projects for indigenous peoples
By: UNESCO
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: HIV/AIDS and Traditional Medicine
By: MADRE Inc.
Co-sponsor: International Indigenous Women’s Forum –FIMI and the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII
Speakers: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson UNPFII, Boyce Mgcina, Commission for the Promotion of Protection of Rights of Cultural Religious & Linguistic Communities; Mirna Cunningham, CIPAD; Paul Farmer, Partners in Health
DC2-12th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Native American Writers on Writing
By: Muhlenberg College
Speakers: Allison Hegde Coke, Northern Michigan University; James Thomas Stevens, State University of New York
UN Visitors Lobby
6:10 p.m. / Cultural Exhibit opening and reception with the participation of indigenous performers of around the world.
By: UN Department of Public Information, the NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat -SPFII.

Wednesday, 17 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on: International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
By: International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
Speakers: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson UNPFII, Phrang Roy, Assistant Vice-President of IFAD; Rebecca Adamson, Founder and President Emeritusof First Nations Development Institute and President of Fist Peoples Worldwide; Jeff Campbell, Ford Foundation; Julian Burger, OHCHR; Ken Wilson, The Christensen Fund
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: WIPO on Intellectual property and Indigenous Knowledge
By: World Intellectual Property Organization -WIPO
DC2-23rd Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Can the MDG 8 help the Maasai help the Maasai get out of poverty, marginalization and exclusion on the mainstreaming process?
By: Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization –MPIDO
Speakers: Josehp Ole Simel, MPIDO; Lucas Naikuni, Maasai Lawyer
DC2-12th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Our Land: Talks about biological/cultural diversity and contest of interpretation and goal
By: Indigenous People of the Pacific Alliance –IPPA
Speakers: Anaw Lo`oh Pacidal, Community Elder of Pangcah People; Panu Kapamumu, Community Elder of Thao People; Ipiah Madai , ndigenous Youth Council Member of Taroko People
Conference Room 2
3:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on: Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network and COP8
By: Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples –NCIV
Speakers: Lucy Mulenkei, IIN; Joji Carino, Tebtebba Foundation; Florina Lopez, Fundacion Indigena
Conference Room 2
4:35 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on: Achieving the MDGs and combating child labour in indigenous communities
By: International Labour Organization –ILO
Speakers: Djankou Ndjonkou, ILO; Birgitte Feiring, ILO; Pablo Challco Sillo, Ayllu Amatere, Bolivia; Johnson Ole Kaunga, IMPACT, Kenia; Venant Messe, Batwa community Cameroon; Joan Carling Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Philippines
United Nations
Church Center
777 UN Plaza,
8th Floor
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Present & Discuss the Toronto Charter
By: New York City’s American Indian Community House and the NorthEast Two-Spirit Society
Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance, North East Two-Spirit Society & American Indian Community House
Speakers: Kent Lebsock , American Indian Law Alliance; Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Chairperson of the UNPFII & Tebtebba Foundation; Harlan Pruden, NorthEast Two-Spirit Society & American Indian Community House; Joseph Ole Simel , Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization, Masai; Milhilani Trask , former Member UNPFII
United Nations
Church Center
777 UN Plaza,
Chapel
3:15 p.m. / Opening of the Indigenous Bazaar with art crafts made by indigenous peoples around the world.
By: United Methodist Office for the United Nations
Co-sponsor: American Indian Law Alliance, The Flying Eagle Women Fund and the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat -SPFII

Thursday, 18 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Presentation on: The Evaluation of the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
By: The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Multicultural Nation Program
Co-sponsor: Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation
Speakers: Nina Pacari, Member of the UNPFII, Myrna Cunningham, IIP; Marcos Matías, CIESAS; Anita Menchú Tum, FRMT, Jose Del Val, UNAM
Conference Room 6
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on Paradigm Warms: Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance to Economic Globalization
By: Tebtebba Foundation
Co-sponsor: International Forum on Globalization
Speakers: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation; Jerry Mander, IFG; Victor Menotti, IFG; Myrna Cunningham, Indigenous Initiative for Peace; Joseph Ole Simmel, MPIDO
Conference Room D
1:15 pm.-2:45 pm. / Panel discussion on UNESCO and Indigenous peoples
By: UNESCO
Speakers: Susanne Schnuttgen, UNESCO
DC2-23rd Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Regional meeting focus on Pacific
By: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII
DC2-12th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Presentation on The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Population
By: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations
Church Center
777 UN Plaza,
8th Floor
10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. / Indigenous Bazaar with art crafts made by indigenous peoples around the world
By: United Methodist Office for the UN
Co-sponsor: American Indian Law Alliance, The Flying Eagle Women Fund and the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat -SPFII

Friday, 19 May

Conference Room 2
10:00a.m.-1:00pm.
Translation available S/E / Training workshop for Indigenous Women on Traditional Knowledge
By: World Intellectual Property Organization -WIPO
Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Regional meeting focus on Latin America and The Caribbean
By: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat -SPFII
Co-sponsor: UNICEF Latin America Country Office
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Partnership with indigenous peoples in Asia: Challenges and Trends
By: UNDP, Regional Initiative on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Development –UNDP-RIPP Initiative
Co-sponsor: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation, Tebtebba Foundation, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, CHT NGO Forum, PACOS and AMAN
Speakers: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson UNPFII; Parshuram Tamang, Member UNPFII; Joan Carling, CPA; Jannie Lasimbang, AIPP
DC2-12th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Cultural presentation of Indigenous Khmer Krom
By: Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation
Co-sponsor: Unrepresented Nation and Peoples Organization, Transnational Radical Party
DC2-8th Floor Conference Room 802
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Sacred Sites and the Environment from an Indigenous Perspective
By: Yachay Wasi
Speakers: Luis Delgado Hurtado, Yachay Wasi; John Scott, SCBD

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UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Fifth Session

Special-Events

and Other Parallel Events 2006

SECOND WEEK

Monday, 22 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Regional meeting focus on Artic and Russia
By: UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII
Co-sponsor: Arctic Council
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on How e-governance helps to bring good governance and improve democratic processes
By: Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations
DC2-19th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Mobility, Livelihoods, Conservation, and Environmental Impacts on Mobile Peoples
By: The World Alliance of Mobile Peoples –WAMIP
Co-sponsor: The Standing Committee of the Dana Declaration for Mobile Peoples and Conservation
Speakers: Ole Simmel, WAMIP; Francis Ganya, WAMIP; Fergus Mackay, Forest Peoples Programme; Salih Mesallim, Arabian Oryx Project
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on the NGO Group on the CRC Indigenous Sub Group
By: NGO Group on the CRC Indigenous Sub Group
Speakers: Roy Laifungbam, CORE India; Cindy Blackstock, FNCFCS Canada
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Natives in New York, Seeking Justice at the United Nations
By: Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaii
Co-sponsor: Pacific Caucus
Speakers: Lilikala Kame, KCHS; Keali Gora; Mick Dodson, Member of the UNPFII; Les Malezer, Pacific Caucus

Tuesday, 23 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on Violence Against Indigenous Women
By: MADRE Inc.
Co-sponsor: International Indigenous Women’s Forum –FIMI and UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII
Speakers: Monica Aleman, MADRE Inc./FIMI; Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Chairperson UNPFII
Conference Room 3
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on Indigenous Peoples and the WSIS: Toward International Indigenous Connectivity
By: Indigenous ICT Tas Force
Co-sponsor: Government of Canada and Government of Sweden
Speakers: Dan Hughes, Government of Canada; Kenneth Deer, Eastern Door; Tarcila Rivera, Chirapaq; Anne Kristen. Sami; Joe Shirley, President of Navajo Nation
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Presentation of the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the Word’s’ Indigenous
By: UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII
Conference Room 5
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on Who owns Indigenous Property and who benefits from Indigenous asset allocation mapping and funding?
By: First People Worldwide
Speakers: Rebecca Adamson, FNDI; Noelly Pocaterra, National Indigenous Council of Venezuela; Tashka Yawanawa, Chief of the Yawanawa People in Acre, Brazilian Amazon
DC2-19th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on How to address the need for refugee status
By: Earth Peoples
Co-sponsor: Society for Threatened Peoples International
Speaker: David Ideele, Vaughn Vang, T. Tach
DC2-12th Floor
Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Poems by Mr. Ak'abal, Maya from Guatemala
By: Guatemala Peace and Developmnt Network, SERPAJ and Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations

Wednesday, 24 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on Policies of International Financial Institutions on Indigenous Peoples: Implementation and Monitoring Challenges
By: Tebtebba Foundation
Co-sponsor: Forest Peoples’ Program
Speakers: Victoria Talui-Corpuz, Chairperson UNPFII; Joji Carino, Tebtebba Foundation
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Indigenous Children and families in a landscape of risk: Challenges and Solutions in realizing the MDGs
By: International Federation of Social Workers
Co-sponsor: Vivat International
Speakers: Elaine Congress, Fordham University; Aseli Raass, Irrkerlantye Development Centre, Australia; Hilary Weaver, University of Buffalo; Sue Gordon, Magisterate in Children’s Court in Perth, Australia.
DC2-19th Floor Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Rethinking the past: How India’s Ancient Indigenous teaching offer solutions for improving sustainability and meeting the MDGs
By: Sri Vijayeshwari Devi Rural Institute for Education and Medicine
Co-sponsors: ActionAid International and Agricultural Missions, Inc.
Speakers: Vijayeshwari Devi and Vijayeswarananda SRIEM Foundation
DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on Caribbean First Nations and the MDGs: Towards a Special Consultative Session
By: United Confederation of Taino People
Co-sponsors: Permanent Mission of Dominica to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations, Indigenous Peoples Caucus of the Greater Caribbean
Speakers: Naniki Reyes Ocasio, Caney Quinto Mundo, Puerto Rico; Crispin Georgoire, Permanent Representaive of Dominica to the UN; Reginaldo Fredricks, Hoboshirima Arawak Communitym Venezuela; Mary Valenzuela, GOIP, Guyana; Cesar Serraty, Fundacion Taina, Dominican republic
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Screening of the Documentary on Indigenous poeples’ participation in political life in Bolivia
By: IWGIA
Co-sponsor: DANIDA
Speaker: Flavia Oregon

Thursday, 25 May

Conference Room 2
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Translation available S/E / Panel discussion on Using participatory video as a tool to increase indigenous participation in reaching the MDGs
By: United Nations Development Programme & Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme
Co-sponsor: UNDP Human Rights Strengthening programme (HURIST), UNDP Civil Society Organizations Division (CSO) and UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme
Speaker: Alejandra Pero, UNDP CSO; Nick Lunch, Insight; Stan Kim, UNDP/GEF SGP Kazakhstan; Dedy Arnold, SGP Indonesia
Conference Room D
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Panel discussion on: Self-determination and role of Indigenous Women
By: Quebec Native Women Inc.
Co-sponsors: Rights & Democracy and Native Women’s Association of Canada
Speakers: Ellen Gabriel, Quebec Native Women; Beverly Jacobs, Native Women’s Association of Canda, Tarcila Rivera, Chirapaq, Peru
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. / Regional meeting focus on North America
By: UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Secretariat –SPFII

Friday, 26 May