UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 70/486, 'Rights of Indigenous Peoples,' adopted on 1 December 2015, requests the Assembly President to conduct consultations with Member States, indigenous peoples' representatives and UN mechanisms on measures to enable the participation of indigenous peoples' representatives and institutions in UN processes on issues affecting them. An online consultation took place in March and April 2016. The first of two consultations to discuss the compilation of views submitted to the online consultation will take place on the sidelines of the 15th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII). Views expressed at this consultation will be included in a revised draft compilation to be issued on 16 May, ahead of a second consultation on 18 May.
date: 11 May 2016
3:00-6:00 pm
venue: UN Headquarters, Conference Room 4
location: New York City, US
contact: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
e-mail: ipadvisers@un.org
www: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/participation-of-indigenous-peoples-at-the-united-nations.html
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/2016/Docs-updates/Compilation-27-April-Final-Version.pdf