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2021-04-28 02:13:53 GMT2021-04-28 10:13:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English 　　Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), addresses the opening ceremony of the 20th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN headquarters in New York April 19, 2021. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on T...

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-28 09:47 Share CLOSE Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), addresses the opening ceremony of the 20th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the UN headquarters in New York April 19, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] Now it is time for the world to extend aid and support to India. No one is safe until everyone is safe, said UN General Assembly President...

FROM THE FIELD: Rights of indigenous peoples highlighted in UN photo exhibit Girls (left to right) from Siberia, Russia, East Sepik, Guatemala and El Quiché, Guatemala proudly display their traditional dress. (Image by Alexander Khimushin) The rights of indigenous people to make decisions about their cultural heritage and traditional way of life is being recognized in a United Nations photo exhibition. The ...

The United Nations The rights of indigenous people to make decisions about their cultural heritage and traditional way of life is being recognized in a United Nations photo exhibition. The UN estimates there are some 476 million indigenous people in more than 90 countries around the world who have been denied the opportunity to control their own political, social, economic and cultural development. Adults (left to right) from the Omo River, Ethiopia, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala and Taimyr Peninsul...

By David Paulsen Posted 4 hours ago [Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal delegation is participating this month in the annual United Nations conference on Indigenous issues, and because the two-week conference is limited mostly to online meetings during the pandemic, this year’s delegation is the church’s largest yet, spanning a wide geographic range. th meeting of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues runs from April 19 to 30. The 12-person Episcopal delegation to the conference i...

“I believe West Papua has been a UN Trust Territory since 1962 when the General Assembly authorised [the] United Nations and Indonesia’s administration of West Papua,” he tried to say in his short declaration. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.com “I believe there is a moral and legal obligation for news of the authorisation, General Assembly resolution 1752 (XVII), to be placed on the agenda of the United Nations Trusteeship Council so that the Council can then ask the International Court of J...

04/23/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/23/2021 18:29 Experts in Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Call for Greater Participation of Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Development Decisions Climate change - and the megaprojects aimed at attenuating its effects - are presenting life-threatening challenges to traditional ways of life, experts told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today, as participants explored ways to better include indigenous people in the sustainable de...

Q    Exactly.  So are you guys going to take — MS. PSAKI:  So you mean extending it or making it permeant? Q    Is that the position — the definite position?  MS. PSAKI:  The —  Q    Progressives and plenty of moderates also say that it should be extended permanently, is that the position? MS. PSAKI:  Sure.  What I was trying to clarify — I apologize — is that it’s not currently permanent. Q    Right. Q    Whether that’ll be a red line, like you said, or — ...

on social media The Russian occupation authorities in Crimea have set themselves the goal of completely displacing the indigenous Crimean Tatar people outside the temporarily occupied peninsula, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov said during his speech at the virtual meeting of the 20th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on April 23. “The Russian occupation of Crimea has caused catastrophic consequences for the unique territory of the...

Source: United Nations 4 States must ensure the protection of indigenous peoples affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through timely, inclusive and equitable access to quality and affordable health-care services, including vaccines, speakers told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues today as the body continued its 2021 session. “For Inuit, the pandemic has revealed that there is now an even more urgent need to remedy the longstanding infrastructure deficit that contributes to vulnerability a...