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28 am Special Events and other Parallel Events at the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 21 April - 2 May 2008 Monday, 21 April 2008 TIME 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Title of Event UNDP EEG/SGP consultation with indigenous peoples on climate change and biodiversity conservation Organizer UNDP/ EEG / GEF SGP Co-sponsors: UNDP Environment & Energy Group, GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP Equator Initiative Inuit Circumpolar Council Co-sponsors: Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada; Inuit Circumpolar Council Greenland CAPAJ and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United Nations, Society for Threatened Peoples International and Earth Peoples Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Location Conference Room 2

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Indigenous Peoples Leading the Way on Climate Change Cambio Climtico y Desertificacin en Los Andes Symposium on the Implementation of United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples

Conference Room 8

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Room E Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjld

10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, 22 April 2008 TIME 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

We the Indigenous Peoples: Self/Portraits - A photo project with and for indigenous peoples.

United Nation Club Room (GA-37)

Title of Event Launching of IWGIAs yearbook, The Indigenous World 2008 Indigenous Women and Climate Change Global Dialogue: Climate Change and Indigenous

Organizer International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) The Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV) UNDP - Regional Initiative on

Location Conference Room 2 Conference Room 1 Conference Room 7

Peoples 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Indigenous Youth Issues and Challenges from Global and Regional Perspectives

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 6.05 p.m. -9:00 p.m.

Implementing ILO Convention No. 169 in Nepal-Towards an Inclusive State The Potential Role of a United Nations University Traditional Knowledge Institution. Increasing indigenous peoples voices in the Commission on SustainableDevelopment (CSD) Share your Story at Indigenous Portal.com Welcome and Opening of the Indigenous exhibit In Celebration of the Adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Development Taking it Global Canadian Heritage Co-sponsors: Global Action Youth Network; Mikmaq Native Friendship Centre (Canada); Athabaska Chipewyan First Nation; Eskasoni First Nation; Canadian Heritage International Labour Organization (ILO) United Nation University Institute of Advance Studies in conjunction with the Christensen Fund Division for Sustainable Development/UN-DESA Indigenous ICT Task Force Co-sponsors: Incomindios Switzerland, Na Koa Ikaika o ka Lahui Hawaii Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , the UN Department of Public Information and the NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples

Room D

Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjld DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street DC2-22nd Floor Conference Room 2227 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street DC2-13th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street Visitors Lobby, UNHQ

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 TIME 10:00 a.m. -11.25 a.m. Interpretation available in S/E 10:00 a.m. -11.25 a.m. Interpretation available in E/F 11:35 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E Title of Event Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change and Biodiversity Expert Panel on Global TB initiatives --How do we empower our people? Report on the indicators of development and the well-being of worlds indigenous peoples Organizer Tebtebba Foundation Assembly of First Nations Co-sponsors: World Health Organization UNAM Mexico Multicultural Program Location Conference Room 2 Conference Room 9 Conference Room 2

11:35 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E

Comunidades Guaranies en condiciones de servidumbre en el Chaco Boliviano

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E/F/P

Managing Indigenous Local Governments: Balancing Traditions with Emerging Challenges

Ministerio de Justicia de Bolivia Co-sponsors: Confederacin de Pueblos Indgenas de Bolivia (CIDOB); Asamblea del Pueblo Guaran (APG); Consejo de Capitanes de Chuquisaca (CCCH). Department of Public Administration and Development Management of UNDESA in partnership with the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Co-sponsors: Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations and Otavalo Municipality, Ecuador. International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest Center for International Environmental Law Co-sponsors: Forest Peoples Programme and Tebtebba Foundation United Confederation of Taino People Co-sponsors: The Government of Dominica (tentative); Consejo General de Tainos Borincanos, Caribbean Organization of Indigenous Peoples , Kalinago Nation of Dominica, Caney Quinto Mundo Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations

Conference Room 9

Conference Room 2

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: From Bali to New York Developing Community FPIC Procedures: Presenting the community vision for engagement to Secure Indigenous Rights? Climate change, and bio-cultural diversity: A Caribbean First Nations Perspective

Conference Room 8

Conference Room 5

DC2-13th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Film screening: Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations, Vol.1

Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjld

6.15pm 8pm

Folklor ensemble concert "Paabel" to celebrate the 7th session of the UNPFII

Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjld

6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Water: Spirit, Sustenance, and Survival

Refreshments served

6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.

Refreshments served

UNEP and Indigenous Peoples: Partnership in Promoting the Environment and Human Well-being

Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Co-sponsors: American Indian Law Alliance, Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organization, Native Youth Coalition, Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth, Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development UNEP and TEBTEBBA

777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave.) New York, NY 10017

"Drew Room", Basement of the Church Centre 777 UN Plaza, corner of East 44th street and 1st Avenue (entrance on 44th Street). Location Conference Room 2

Thursday 24 April 2008 TIME Title of Event 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E The Revitalization of threatened languages

Organizer UNICEF Co-sponsors: United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF); Indigenous Intercultural University of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ); Indigenous Fund (Fondo Indgena); International Indigenous Womens Forum (Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indgenas) (IIWF/FIMI); Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation (Agencia Espaola de Cooperacin Internacional para el Desarrollo - AECID) Tebtebba Foundation Co-sponsors: CADPI, Arid Lands Institute and The Christensen Fund
WIPO

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation

Indigenous Peoples Self-Determined Development of Development with Identity Traditional Knowledge, Traditional and Culture expressions

Conference Room 7

Conference Room 5

available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E

Wood based biofuels and genetically engineered tress

The Global Justice Ecology Project

Co-sponsors: Ikatan Cendekiawan Tanimbar Indonesia (ICTI) and Global Forest Coalition National Indigenous Higher Education Network of Australia Cultural Survival Co-sponsors: Euchee/Yuchi Language Program; Center for Hawaiian Studies University of Hawaii at Manoa; National Alliance to Save Native Languages; Northern Arapaho Council of Elders Tribal Link Foundation Co-sponsors: Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues She Clan of the Yamassee Native American Muurs' Co-sponsors: Unity Washita/w de Dugdahmoundyah Nation of Naga Muurs (Moors) in treaty with the Great Seal National Association of Moorish Affairs, the Moors of the Round Table, the Seminole Inter Tribal Nation, the Original Moab Kituwah Cherokee Nation, the Ani-Gidulwa Nation, the Yamassee Nation of Moors (Muurs), the Kemetic Zulu Nation of Moors, the Nesehu Clan of Moors and the (I.S.I.S.) Indigenous Sovereign International Society Australian Mission to the United Nations

Conference Room 9

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

The Future for Indigenous Australian Higher Education Bringing our languages home again through community-based programs ~ American Indian/Native Hawaiian language revitalization

Room E DC2-23rd Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Indigenous Peoples and the Private Sector Indigenous Peoples: Contributions to humanity past and present.

Conference Room 3 DC2-13th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Heeding Indigenous Knowledge and creating opportunities in the climate change response

Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations, Level 33 150 East 42nd Street Location

Friday, 25 April 2008 TIME Title of Event

Organizer

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E

Bringing the Declaration Home: The Case of the Maya of Southern Belize

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

REDD, Avoided Deforestation Policies and Indigenous Peoples: potential impacts and possible strategies Climate Change in the 4 regions of the Coordination of French Speaking Indigenous Peoples

Rainforest Foundation Co-sponsors: University of Arizonas Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA); United Nations NonGovernmental Liasion Service; Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management; Julia Cho Society. Forest Peoples Programme Co-sponsors: Tebtebba Foundation, IPACC Coordination Autochtone Francoohone (CAF) Co-sponsors: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

Conference Room 2

Conference Room 8

Room E

Monday, 28 April 2008 TIME Title of Event 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Dimensions of the Global Triple Crisis Indigenous Writers on Writing

Organizer Tebtebba Foundation and International Forum on Globalization Muhlenberg College

Location Conference Room 2 Conference Room 5

Climate Change and Reindeer Herding

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Climate Change, Displacement and Mobile Indigenous Peoples

Saami Council Co-sponsors: International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry; Association of World Reindeer Herders World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP) Co-sponsors: The Standing Committee of the Dana Declaration for Mobile Peoples and

Conference Room 8

Room E

Conservation; International Fund for Agricultural Development 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Religious Freedom Lockdown: Justice, Jails, and Families Ancient wisdom, bio-cultural diversity of indigenous peoples en the condition of climate change and global warming Exhibit & Sale of Indigenous Crafts Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors: Peace Development Fund Yurta Mira World Yurta of Peace Inc. Co-sponsors: Ministry of External Affairs of Yakutia; Ministry of Protection of Enviorenment United Methodist Office for the UN, Women's Division Co-sponsor: Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Organizer UNESCO Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjld DC2-13th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave.) New York, NY 10017 Location Conference Room 2

10.00 a.m.-6:00 p. m.

Tuesday, 29 April 2008 TIME Title of Event 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E/F 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E/F 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E Indigenous Languages and the Media

Small Grants, Big Results: the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations & the UN Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous Women

Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Asian Indigenous Women's Network Co-sponsors: Asian Indigenous Women's Network, Tebtebba, Women's Resource Network-Bangladesh, Indigenous Women's Network Thailand, Indigenous Women's Forum in North East India, Women's Directorate-AMAN, National Network of Indigenous Women - Nepal Safe the Community Common Initiative Group Co-sponsors: SAFCOM CIG

Conference Room 4

Conference Room 5

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Politics, Inter-tribal Conflicts and Ethnic Cleansing in Africa and Indigenous Challenges

Room E

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 4:35 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 10.00 a.m.-6:00 p. m.

Nuclear, Coal, and Oil: Climate Change at its Best Violence Against Indigenous Women Recent developments in Saami Rights Issues Screening of the film 4REAL YAWANAWA Exhibit & Sale of Indigenous Crafts

Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors: Peace Development Fund Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI) Saami Council Tribal Link, UNDP Equator Initiative, 4REAL, and Aveda United Methodist Office for the UN, Women's Division Co-sponsor: Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjld Conference Room 2 Conference Room 2 Conference Room 4 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor, Corner of 44th Street & 1st Ave.) New York, NY 10017

6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.

Sovereignty, Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

The Flying Eagle Woman Fund Co-sponsors: American Indian Community House, Rigoberta Menchu Tum Foundation, Peace developemnt Fund,
Organizer Confederacin de Pueblos Indgenas de Bolivia (CIDOB) Co-sponsors: FAO and K-NET UN Non-Governmental Liasion Service (UN-NGLS) Co-sponsors: CONGO Sub-Committee on Poverty Eradication (sub-committee of NGO Committee on Social Development)

United Methodist Office for the UN, 777 UN Plaza

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 TIME Title of Event 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in S/E 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Indigenous Peoples communication for development: Towards a sustainable natural resource management and climate change adaptation The Second Decade for Poverty Eradication: Priorities of Indigenous Peoples

Location Conference Room 2

Room E

Thursday, 1 May 2008

TIME 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Interpretation available in E/F 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Title of Event Challenges facing the youth of First Nations of Quebec Indigenous Peoples Spirituality and the Earth

Organizer Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador International Federation of Social Workers Co-sponsors: VIVAT International, NGO Committee on the UN International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Elders and Youth Council Co-sponsors: Spirit of the Youth, National Health Organization Ethiopian World Federation Co-sponsors: Free Mission Temple, New Wine International Theatre, Sankofa International Academy, Interface Services and Yahshemabet Productions.

Location Conference Room 2

Conference Room 5

1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.

Improving quality of life for Indigenous Children through Indigenous/Traditional Knowledge Survival of the Forgotten Ones in the midst of Inherent Global Climate change and Governmental - Corporate supported Gentrification of bio-culturally diverse Afro-Indigenous Peoples Communities and Sustainable livelihoods.

Room E DC2-13th Floor Conference Room 2 UN Plaza, 44th Street