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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. |
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| Month | Meeting | Place | January
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| 24-27 February Asia Indigenous Peoples' Summit on Climate Change. Organized by Tebtebba and AMAN | Bali, Indonesia | March
| 5-6 March East Africa Indigenous Peoples' Summit on Climate Change. Organized by MPIDO
29 March - 8 April UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Seventh session of the AWG-KP and fifth session of the AWG-LCA. | Nairobi, Kenya
Maritim, Bonn
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| 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
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| 10 - 14 August Expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples, 2nd Session Read more | United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland | September
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| 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
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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 |
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