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Calendar of international meetings in 2009

International meetings dealing with indigenous issues


IWGIA has compiled a list of international meetings in 2009 dealing with indigenous peoples' human rights. Most of the meetings listed here are organized by international human rights bodies, but other kinds of international meetings focusing on policies with implications for indigenous peoples' rights situation will be included as well. For example meetings on environmental issues, climate change, etc.

Meetings and seminars organized by IWGIA are also included in the list. 





MonthMeetingPlace 
January
 
 
February
24-27 February
Asia Indigenous Peoples' Summit on Climate Change.
Organized by Tebtebba and AMAN
Bali, Indonesia
March


Nairobi, Kenya


Maritim, Bonn
April
20 - 24 April
Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change.
Organized by a global steering committee
and hosted by the secretariat of the Chair of ICC
23-24 April
VI. Congress of indigenous, small-numbered peoples of the Russian North
Read more
29 March - 8 April
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change:
Seventh session of the AWG-KP and fifth session of the AWG-LCA.
Anchorage, Alaska



Moscow, Russia


Maritim, Bonn
May
13 - 28 May
45th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples'
Rights
Read more
18 - 29 May
Eighth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues.
Read more

Banjul,
The Gambia



UN Headquarters,
New York

June
1 - 12 June
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change:
Thirtieth sessions of the subsidiary bodies - SBSTA and SBI, sixth session
of the AWG-LCA and eighth session of the AWG-KP

2 – 19 June 2009
11th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Maritim, Bonn



Geneva,
Switzerland
July
 
August
10 - 14 August
Expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples, 2nd Session
Read more
United Nations,
Geneva,
Switzerland
September
 
October
 
November
 
December
7 - 18 Dec
COP 15, Conference of the Parties (COP),
Fifteenth session and Conference of the Parties
serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP),
Fifth session and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies
Copenhagen,
Denmark

 

You can also go to the following websites to get more information about events and meetings:

  UN events - calendar
  OHCHR org
  ACHPR org
  scm.oas.org
  Tebtebba's overview of UN and CBD meetings