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Empowering Indigenous People | Project & Initiatives
Publications & Ressources
Key Documents | Newsletters | Publications, Case Studies and Reviews | Event-Related Resources |Resources from Previous Projects
Key Documents
 UNDP and Indigenous Peoples: A Policy of Engagement (2001)
A look into how UNDP establishes frameworks to guide its work in building sustainable partnerships with indigenous peoples.
 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the General Assembly on 13 September 2007.
 UNDG Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples' Issues
These guidelines respond to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which specifically calls upon the organanizations and specialized agencies of the United Nations system to contribute to the full realization of its provisions.
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Newsletters
 RIPP Newsletter (May 2009)
An overview of The Regional Initiative on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Development's (RIPP's) work and partnerships with government, indigenous peoples' organizations and UNDP country offices in Asia Pacific.
RIPP Newsletter (March 2009)
RIPP Newsletter (2008)
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Publications, Case Studies and Reviews
 Poverty in Focus - Indigenising Development
(International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009)
This publication offers a thought-provoking analysis on the concept of development and how indigenous peoples understand and live with this concept.
 Desk Review, No.3: MDG Reports and Indigenous Peoples (2008)
An analysis of recent achievements and challenges of indigenous peoples using data from a diverse selection of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) country reports.
 Case study: Indigenous traditional legal systems and conflict resolution in Cambodia's Rattanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces (UNDP, 2007)
UNDP Mexico has sought to produce a comprehensive analysis on ancestral inequalities among social groups. The report contains a unique indigenous peoples’ human development index that portrays the lights and shadows still existing in many regions of Mexico.
 Human development of Indigenous Peoples in Mexico (Spanish, 2006)
A look into how UNDP establishes frameworks to guide its work in building sustainable partnerships with indigenous peoples.
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Event-Related Resources
 The 8th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues)
The 8th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is held from 8 to 29 May, 2009.
Fact Sheet "Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Voices" issued by the Permanent Forum.
UNDP's Associate Administrator, Ad Melkert, in his address to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on May 22, 2009.
The 7th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The 7th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) was held from 21 April to 2 May, 2008. The session's theme was "Climate Change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship of indigenous peoples and new challenges".
UNDP statement: 7th session of the Permanent Forum (English)
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Dialogue from a related event at UNDP's Regional Bureau for Asia-Pacific and the Regional Centre in Bangkok.
Global dialogue on climate change and Indigenous Peoples's bio-culturual diversity
Dialogue from a related event at UNDP's Regional Bureau for Asia-Pacific and the Regional Centre in Bangkok.
UNDP report: 7th session of the UNPFII (English)
French | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | Chinese
The UNDP report to the 7th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) highlights initiatives and activities undertaken with reference to indigenous peoples by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2007. There is a special focus on the implementation of recommendations from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues's sixth session.
Short film about indigenous perspectives on climate change
Filmed at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2008.
Complete overview of sessions of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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Resources from Previous Projects
Indigenous peoples' component of the Human Rights Strengthening Programme (HURIST)
HURIST was a joint programme with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights aimed at integrating human rights in development by building the capacity of UN country offices, preparing methodologies and toolkits on human rights and documenting and disseminating good practices in the application of these rights in development. Hurist projects were launched in Ecuador, Bolivia, Guatemala and Kenya.
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