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7th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 21 April -2 May 2008, New York The special theme of this year's session is Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges. On the Permanent Forum's website you can read more about this year's session, and download the agenda, documents submitted to this year's session, etc. Final report of the seventh session (pdf) Read about the book launch of The Idigenous World 2008 Article about the book launch (doc) Invitation to launch of The Indigenous World / El Mundo Indígena 2008 (pdf) Video in Spanish with the presentation of The Indigenous World 2008 (YouTube) Following are relevant links with regard to the session: The opening ceremony 21 April 2008 - UN Headquarters, New York - (1:58:17) (video) Read the the opening statement by the Chairman of the PFII Vicky Tauli Corpuz (doc) Read more on the UN News Center (web link) Follow the 7th session at Galdu.org (web link) Links to videos from the 7th session of UNPFII (IWGIA at YouYube) Read Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service Update No. 5: UN Agencies and Indigenous Peoples call for the implementation of the UN Declaration on IP rights as an effective response to Climate Change Read more about the Seventh Session of the UNPFII Joint statement Submitted by the Indigenous Peoples Caucus of the Americas (doc) Press conferences 1 May - Press Conference on indigenous forum 21 April - briefing on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UN video, 38 minutes) 21 April - President Evo Morales of Bolivia brief on the opening (UN video, 31 minutes) 21 April - Press conference on the 7th session of PFII (web link) 21 April - Press conference by President of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma (web link) Press Releases 22 April - Indigenous peoples must be included in global negotiations aimed at combating climate change (web link) 23 April - Dumping of toxic waste on indigenous lands, damage from mining, deforestation among issues, as indigenous forum discussion focuses on pacific region (web link) 24 April - PF speakers say violation of language rights ‘cultural genocide’, call for concrete public policy to protect indigenous languages (web link) 28 April - PFII examines value of increased collaboration with Human Rights Council under Universal Review Mechanism 29 April - PFII discusses ways to more effectively promote countries' implementation of declaration on rights 30 April - Indigenous peoples face growing crisis as climate change, unchecked economic growth, unfavourable domestic laws force them from lands 1 May - Speakers address future role of Permanent Forum in ensuring indigenous rights given equal weight with other human rights issues 2 May - Permanent Forum hails General Assembly adoption of indigenous rights declaration, pledges to make it 'a living document', as seventh session concludes		Photo taken on the Sixth Session by Christian Erni
Previous Sessions 6th Session, May 2007 Read about the Sixth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2007 Read the official Permanent Forum's Report on the Sixth Session 5th Session, May 2006 Read about the Fifth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2006 Read the official Permanent Forum's Report on the Fifth Session 4th Session, May 2005 Read about the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2005 Download IWGIA's yearbook: The Indigenous World 2006, Part II - International Processes Read the official Permanent Forum's Report on the Fourth Session 3rd Session, May 2004 Read about the Third Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2004 Download IWGIA's yearbook The Indigenous World 2005, Part II - International Processes Read the official Permanent Forum’s Report on the Third Session 2nd Session, May 2003 Read about the Second Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2003 Read the official Permanent Forum's Report on the Second Session 1st Session, May 2002 Read about the First Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2002 Read the official Permanent Forum’s Report of the First Session