The United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP), a joint initiative of five UN agencies, has posted its program framework for 2011-2015 and a program brochure.
The publications describe UNIPP's thematic areas of focus, and explain its genesis, governance and guiding principles for action on indigenous peoples' rights.
2 August 2012: The UN Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP) has made available its five-year program framework, titled “United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership: Strategic Framework 2011-2015,” which outlines UNIPP’s thematic areas of focus for the realization of indigenous peoples’ rights. It has also published a brochure describing the genesis, governance and guiding principles of UNIPP and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund.
UNIPP is a joint initiative of five UN agencies: the International Labour Organization (ILO), which serves as host, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
The thematic areas outlined in the program framework – which was adopted in 2011 – are: legislative review and reform; democratic governance and strengthening of indigenous peoples’ institutions; access to justice, and the recognition and strengthening of indigenous customary law and justice systems; access to land and ancestral territories; conflict prevention in natural resources and extractive industries; and access to education and health. Based on these themes, UNIPP plans to carry out capacity development, establish consultative and participatory mechanisms, support pilot initiatives, and enable knowledge networks and sharing of experiences. The publication describes potential areas of work at the global, regional and country levels.
The program brochure, on “Delivering As One UN at the country level in partnership with indigenous peoples and government,” highlights the initiative as a response to the provisions of UNDRIP Article 41, which calls on the UN system to contribute to the full realization of indigenous peoples’ rights through the mobilization of financial cooperation and technical assistance.
UNIPP was created through a recommendation by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) to the ILO, OHCHR and UNDP to enhance inter-agency coordination at the country level. UNICEF and UNFPA joined the initiative in 2011. [Publication: UNIPP Strategic Programme Framework 2011-2015] [Publication: UNIPP: Delivering As One UN at the country level in partnership with indigenous peoples and government] [ILO Webpage on indigenous and tribal peoples] [Multi-Partner Trust Fund Webpage]