LIVE WEBCAST: Indigenous Representatives Respond to Amendments to Declaration on Indigenous Rights

MEDIA ADVISORY

Mr Les Malezer, Chairperson, Global Indigenous Caucus

Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Mr Joseph Ole Simel, Coordinator, African Regional Indigenous Caucus

Will hold a press conference in Room S-226
Thursday, 6 September at 11.15 a.m. (EST)

Representatives of the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will respond to amendments proposed by Member States to the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which is due be brought before the General Assembly before the end of this session.

The press conference will be webcast live on www.un.org/webcastFor more information on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please see: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/index.html

For media enquiries, please contact: Renata Sivacolundhu, Department of Public Information, tel: 212.963.2932, e-mail: sivacolundhu@un.org
For Secretariat of the Permanent Forum, please contact: Mirian Masaquiza, Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, tel: 917.367.6006, e-mail: IndigenousPermanentForum@un.org