In resolution 70/232 on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) requested the President to: conduct consultations with Member States, indigenous peoples, and existing relevant UN mechanisms on the possible measures to enable the participation of indigenous peoples at the UN; and prepare a compilation of views presented during the consultations to form the basis for a draft text to be finalized and adopted by the UNGA during its following session, UNGA 71. On 8 July 2016, President Mogens Lykketoft (UNGA 70) circulated a compilation of views expressed during the UNGA 70 consultations, including concrete recommendations on the way forward. On 28 September 2016, President Peter Thomson (UNGA 71) confirmed the reappointment of Kai Saner, Permanent Representative of Finland, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Permanent Representative of Ghana, Claire Winfield Ngamihi Charters, Pacific Region, and James Anaya, North America Region, as advisers to assist him with the consultation process. Four consultations are scheduled, and expected to result in a draft resolution that should be finalized and adopted by the UNGA. The second in the series of four consultations will convene on 30 January-1 February 2017. The schedule will consist of bilaterals with Member States and Indigenous peoples, on 30 January and 1 February, while on 31 January consultations will include four segments: Venues of participation, Participation modalities, Selection mechanism, and Selection criteria.  

dates: 30 January – 1 February 2017  
venue: UN Headquarters, Conference Room 2  
location: New York City, US  
contact: Chandra Roy-Henriksen, Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs  
e-mail: indigenous_un@un.org  
www: http://www.un.org/pga/71/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2015/08/Indigenous-Peoples-letter-to-Member-States.pdf
 https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/participation-of-indigenous-peoples-at-the-united-nations.html