24 April - 5 May 2017 New York City, US
16th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The 16th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) will take place in 2017, which is the ten-year anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The PFII is an advisory body to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), established in 2000. It has the mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights, and focuses on specific themes when it convenes for ten days every year. The 16th session will follow up on the recommendations of previous PFII sessions with regard to indigenous youth, and the empowerment of indigenous women, and will discuss measures taken to implement UNDRIP. PFII 15, in 2016, focused on the theme, 'Indigenous peoples: conflict, peace and resolution'.  

dates: 24 April – 5 May 2017  
venue: UN Headquarters, 405 E 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017  
location: New York City, US  
contact: PFII Secretariat  
e-mail: indigenous_un@un.org  
www: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/2016/15th-session/Report_of_the_Permanent_Forum_15th_Session_unedited.pdf
 https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2.html