Summary Note 15 (December 2023)
This Summary presents the discussions held, in person and online, during the 16th session of the EMRIP, July 17 to 21, 2023.
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| 11am-1pm | Opening of the session (General Assembly Hall) | |
| Item 1 | Election of officers | |
| Item 2 | Adoption of the agenda and organization of work | |
| 3pm-6pm | Item 8 | Discussion on the theme “Tenth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration” Document: Report E/C.19/2017/4 [Speaker’s list] |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | SB 3th floor | The Right to Information (Spanish) | Indigenous Media Zone | |
| 1:15pm-2:00pm | S-237 | Tenth Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: National perspectives on what difference it made | UNDPI Press Conference | |
| 1:15pm-2:30pm | CR4 | Effective and Meaningful Participation in the UNPFII | United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Docip | EN|ES|FR|RU |
| FF Amartya Sen | Crimean Tatars in 2017: Keeping the Dream Alive | Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People | EN|RU | |
| FF Rio | Our Way Forward: A Cross-Movement Dialogue to Defend and Advance Our Rights | MADRE, Rosa Luxemburg Stifting-NYC | ||
| CR9 | People of the Land and HIV | Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) | EN|ES | |
| CR6 | UN Voluntary for Indigenous Peoples; Increasing indigenous peoples’ impact at the UN for over 30 years | Permanent Mission of Finland, UN Voluntary for Indigenous Peoples | EN|ES | |
| CR8 | Screening of 43 minute documentary film on Mapuche Traditional Knowledge in Chile | California Western School of Law | ||
| UN Church Center | Coordination Meeting of Indigenous Women | FIMI-IIWF | EN|ES | |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | SB 3th floor | Reports on USA and Australia (English) | Indigenous Media Zone | |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | SB 3th floor | UN DESA Facebook Live (English) 10 Years of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (English) | Indigenous Media Zone | |
| 4:30pm-6:00pm | CRB | Empowerment of the Indigenous Women in Odisha: A Case Study of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences | Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences | |
| 6:15pm-8:00pm | CR4 | Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls | Canada, Mexico, USA | |
| 6:15pm-8:15pm | UN Church Center | Land Defenders & Water Protectors | Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples | EN|ES |
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