Side Events at the Elevenths Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

United Nations Head-Quarters, New York

7 – 18 May 2012

Monday 7th May

TIME / Title of Event / Sponsors / Location / Type of Event
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Los Derechos de los Pueblos y Comunidades Indigenas an Mexico, en el marco de la proteccion a sus sitios sagrados. Caso Wirikuta/The rights of indigenous peoples and communities in Mexico, in the framework of protecting their sacred land (Wirikuta Case) / Mission Permanente de Mexico ante la ONU/National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Mexico / Conference room 1, NLB / Roundtable discussion
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries / Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago/ Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) / Conference room 7, NLB / Panel presentation
1:15 pm – 2:30pm / Traditional activities of indigenous people Sakha (Yakutia) / Festival of Ethnic Music Elleyada; Taattinskiy ulus, Republic Sakha (Yakutia), North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Russia) / Conference room,
13th floor,
2 UN Plaza / Workshop
1 pm – 3 pm / Increasing the Participation of Indigenous Youth at the UN / International Committee for the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (INCOMINDIOS) / Lutheran Office for World Community, 10th floor, 10B / Workshop
6 pm – 9 pm / Good Practices: Contribution by Indigenous Women to Citizenship and Governance processes / International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI) / 777 UN Plaza, 44th street and 1 st Ave
(Church Center)

Tuesday 8th May

TIME / Title of Event / Sponsors / Location / Type of Event
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Developing Community Workshops on Implementing the Declaration in Canada: Lessons learned / Indigenous Bar Association (Canada) / Conference room B,
NLB / Workshop
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / The Road to Rio +20 – Indigenous Peoples’ Key Messages and Actions / Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education); Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organisation MPIDO (Kenya), Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN) / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel Discussion
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / El Buen Vivir y los Derechos Humanos / Mision Permanente del Ecuador Ante Las Naciones Unidas / Conference room 7, NLB / Panel presentation
1:15 pm – 2:30pm / Resisting a climate conquest: Buen Vivir in harmony with nature and respect for human rights in the face of REDD+ / Indian Law Resource Center; Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indigenas (CAOI) / Conference room,
13th floor,
2UN Plaza / Panel presentation, Roundtable discussion
11 am – 3 pm / Bearing Witness: Panning for Justice / The Church Center for the United Nations, the NGO Committee on Mining / Church Center, Chapel / Exhibit
1.15 pm – 2.45 pm / Engaging and Empowering the Indigenous Youth in Finland / The Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, the Finnish Sami Youth organization / Mission of Finland, 866 UN Plaza, Suite 222, NY 10017, entrance on 48th street 1st Avenue and the East River / Panel discussion
1 pm – 3 pm / Combating Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls / International Committee for the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (INCOMINDIOS) / Lutheran Office for World Community, 10th floor, 10B / Panel discussion
1 pm – 3 pm / Walking a Path Together: Collaborating for the Return of Northwest Native Artifacts / Episcopal Church in western Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples (UFER), the Grail, Oblates of Mary Immaculate / Church Center, 10th floor / Presentation
1 pm – 3 pm / Political and electoral participation of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean with emphasis on Women and Youth/Network of Indigenous Reporters for the Electoral Cycle and Intercultural Regional Study / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women, AECID / Rio Room, UNDP FF Building, 9th floor / Panel Discussion
6:15 – 9pm / Opening of the Indigenous Exhibit “Indigenous Peoples and Food Sovereignty” and Cultural Event / Organized by: UN Department of Public Information, Tribal Link Foundation, NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues/DESA. / UNHQ Visitors lobby (entrance on 1st avenue & 45th street) / Exhibit and Cultural Event

Wednesday 9th May

TIME / Title of Event / Sponsors / Location / Type of Event
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm / Parliamentarians and the Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples / SPFII/OHCHR/UNDP/IPU / Conference room B,
NLB / Panel Discussion
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Realising Rights: Where do our Children Play / Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, as convenor of the Indigenous Sub-Group of the NGO for the Convention on the Rights of the Child; First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada; Himalayan Health and Environmental Services Solukhumbu; Te Kahui Mana Ririk; Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE); National collaboration Centre for Aboriginal Health / Conference room 7, NLB / Workshop
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Indigenous Women’s Rights, Violence and Reproductive Health / Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel presentation
12.30 pm – 2 pm / Enhanced Engagement of Indigenous Peoples in GEF Projects / The Global Environment Facility Secretariat, GEF SGP and UNDP / Rio Room, UNDP FF Building, 9th floor
3 pm – 4:20 pm / Discussion on the preparatory meetings held on the World Conference / Indigenous Global Coordinating Group (IGCG) / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel discussion
3 pm – 4:20 pm / Indigenous Peoples and Sacred Sites – Updates from the Frontlines & Collaborations / ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – Member UN Inter-agency Support Group / Conference room B,
NLB / Panel presentation, Film screening
4.35 pm – 6 pm / Finno-Ugric Peoples of Eurasia: Together After Thousands of Years / Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (MAFUN); Cultural Center of Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel presentation, Film screening
4.35 pm – 6 pm / How to document, search and disseminate documents on the Doctrine of Discovery and the UN mechanisms on Indigenous Peoples / doCip as the Secretariat of the Documentation Network; UNIPROBA – Unissons nous pour la Promotion des Batwa, Burundi; PIDP Shirika La Bambuti – Programme d’Integration ey de Developpement du Pueple Pygmee – RDCongo; UNPK – Union Nationale du Peuple Kanak, Nouvelle Caledonie; ULAM – Union Latinoamericana de Mujeres / Conference room B,
NLB / Workshop
4 pm – 9 pm / Violence Against Indigenous Women: “A Life Without Violence, a Life With Autonomy”, Reception “Celebrating Life Without Violence” / International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI) / Church Center, 10th floor / In depth session, reception
6.30 pm – 7.45 pm / The Protection of Indigenous Territories in Brazil / Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN / Conference room 1, NLB / Roundtable discussion

Thursday 10th May

TIME / Title of Event / Sponsors / Location / Type of Event
1.15 pm – 2.30pm / The Impact of Doctrines of Domination on Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia: What Neoliberal Development is Doing to Indigenous peoples in Cambodia, with Regards to their Basic Rights of Self-Determination and Rights to their Traditional Lands, Territories and Resources / The College at Brockport, SUNY; Prey Lang Network (PLN), Organization to Promote Key Culture (OPKC), Indigenous Rights Active Members (IRAM), Amnesty International (AI), Earth Action (EA), East-West Management Institution (EWMI) / Conference room B,
NLB / Panel presentation
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Launching of IWGIA’s Yearbook “The Indigenous World 2012” / International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs ( IWGIA) / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel Presentation
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / La Soberania Permanente de los pueblos sobre los RRNN el camino de lucha de los Pueblos Indigenas ante la vigencia de la Doctrina del Descubrimiento / Coordinadora de Organizaciones Indigenas de la Cuenca Amazonica (COICA) / Conference room 6, NLB / Panel presentation
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm / Planning Indigenous Participation at the IUCN Congress, September 2012 / International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) / Conference room,
13th floor,
2 UN Plaza / Workshop
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Doctrine of Discovery: A Question of Genocide / American Indian Movement – WEST (AIM – WEST), AIW – Grand Governing Council, Peace and Disarmament, Three Nations of El Salvador, International Indian Treaty Council, National Prisoner Rights Network / UNICEF
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5th floor / Workshop
12.30 pm – 8.30 pm / The Protection and Advancement of the Land Rights of Six Nations of the Grand River and the Doctrine of Discovery / Six Nations of the grand River Elected Council / Manhattan Room, 1 UN Plaza / Presentation, informal discussion
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Our Legacy Our Hope: Youth Perspectives on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada / The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and the International Center for Transitional Justice / Mission of Canada, 885 Second Avenue 14th floor / Film screening,
Panel discussion
6:30 pm – 7:45 pm / Communities take Control: Australian aboriginal communities confront fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) / Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre (Australia); Australian Human Rights Commission / Conference room 7, NLB / Panel Presentation and Film
6.30 pm – 7.45 pm / Indigenous People of North Regions of Russia / Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation / Conference room 1, NLB / Roundtable discussion
6 pm – 9 pm / Electoral Observation from the Perspective of Indigenous Peoples / International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), United Nations Development Programme, the Mexican federal electoral authorities, Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indigenas (CONAMI), UN Women / Ambassador Conference room, 3rd floor, The New York Hemsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd Street, NY 10017 / Roundtable discussion
6 pm – 9 pm / Discovery is Toxic: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Environmental and Reproductive Justice / The Native Youth Sexual Health Network / Museum of Tolerance
226 East 42nd Street, between 2nd and 3rd Aves, NY 10017 / Panel discussion

Friday 11th May

TIME / Title of Event / Sponsors / Location / Type of Event
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / This is what Utopia Looks like! Mural Imaginings of Indigenous Rights Implementation / United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Caucus / Conference room B,
NLB / Workshop
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / The Potential Contribution of Indigenous foods to healthy living / Permanent Mission of Guyana to the United Nations; Caribbean Community (CARICOM – main sponsors), WHO/PAHO and the FAO / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel presentation
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm / Disabilities and Indigenous Peoples / Government of Australia/UNDESA/DSPD/Disabilities Rights Fund / Conference room 7, NLB / Panel Discussion
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Intellectual Property and the Safeguarding of Traditional Cultures: Legal Issues and Practical Options for Museums, Libraries and Archives / World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); UCTP, Smithsonian Institution / Conference room 6, NLB / Panel presentation
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / “Breaking the Silence” (effects of extractive industry pollution affecting health and well-being of indigenous women and children, trafficking, forced migration) / Gray Panthers; International Presentation Association, The New Seminary, Flying Eagle Woman, Longhouse Treaty Nations, YEWMBA, Congregation of Notre Dame, UNANIMA-international / Conference room,
13th floor,
2 UN Plaza / Roundtable
discussion
3 pm – 4.20 pm / Sami Self-Determination / Galdu – Resource Center for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Conference room D, NLB / Panel presentation
6 pm – 9 pm / In the memory of Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa / The Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa Flying Eagle Woman Fund / Church Center , 2nd floor / Reception

Monday 14th May

TIME / Title of Event / Sponsors / Location / Type of Event
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Linking International and Community Strategies fir Indigenous Peoples’ food Sovereignty: Implementing UN FAO’s policies on Indigenous Peoples and Restoring Food Sovereignty in our communities based on traditional knowledge and rights-based approach / International Indian Treaty Council; United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty / Conference room 1, NLB / Roundtable discussion
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / Monitoring MDGs and UNPFII recommendations through an indigenous peoples’ perspective / International Indigenous Women’s Forum, (FIMI); MDG Fund Secretariat / Conference room 7, NLB / Workshop
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / La Doctrina del descumbrimiento como Marco del Despojo Permanente de los RRNN en los Territorios Indigenas / Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Economicos y Culturales – CEADESC - CIDOB – CONAMAQ / Conference room,
13th floor,
2UN Plaza / Panel presentation
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm / The ongoing Judaisation of the Negev Bedouin land and the Prawer Plans / Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality / UNICEF
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4th floor / Panel presentation
1:15 pm – 2:25 pm / Implementing Rio+20 goals: Sustainable Tourism in Andean Indigenous Communities / Yachay Wasi / UNEP Conference Room DC2 (2 UN Plaza) Room 803 / Panel presentation
6.30 pm – 7.45 pm / Political and electoral participation of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean with emphasis on Women and Youth/Network of Indigenous Reporters for the Electoral Circle and Intercultural Regional Study / United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); UN Women, AECID / Conference room 1, NLB / Panel presentation, Film screening
6:30 pm – 7:45 pm / Traditional Occupation, Food Sovereignty and Sustainable Forest Management / Kapaeeng Foundation / Conference room 7, NLB / Panel presentation

Tuesday 15th May