NOTE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES TWENTY-THIRD SESSION

The theme of the 23rd session is "Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth." Travel arrangements, including visa procedures, are the responsibility of participating organizations. [...] The focal point designated in the integrated Civil Society Organizations (iCSO) System had the responsibility to approve the individual registration of their delegates in the INDICO system. [...] The name of the meeting and the speaker, as well as the agenda item, should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the email and the heading of the statement. [...] The “Indigenous Media Zone” (IMZ), organized in coordination with the Department of Global Communication and Cultural Survival, aims to provide a space for Indigenous and mainstream media channels and platforms to cover the 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. [...] Reprisals Given that the United Nations relies on the cooperation of the people whom it serves and that everyone, individually and in association with others, has the right to unhindered access to and communication with the Organization, the Permanent Forum urges Indigenous Peoples to report on threats, human rights abuses and reprisals for participating in the Forum to OHCHR at reprisals@ohchr.or.