Aug 9, 2013 - Wapponi Productions, Nicaragua. Moderated by: Paul Kanyinke Sena (Ogiek, Kenya). Organized by the Secretar
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 9 August 2013* 3:00pm – 6:00pm, CB Room 2, UNHQ
Programme of Activities (3:00pm) Screening of videos, introduced by Roberto Múcaro Borrero (Taíno, Puerto Rico)
Djodjo Aki, by Wapikoni Mobile (Canada) Seasons – Unspoken by Joined Up Films (Australia) ********* (3:30pm) Traditional welcome by the Chairperson of the NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Roberto Múcaro Borrero (Taíno, Puerto Rico) Message of the Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon Remarks of the Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Paul Kanyinke Sena (Ogiek, Kenya) Remarks delivered by Shamshad Akhtar, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, on behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Coordinator of the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples ********* (4.10pm) INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE “Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements" Panelists: Mary Morgan Moss, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Chief Oren Lyons (Onondaga, USA)
A question and answer session will follow. Short clips and videos will be screened, presented by: TV MICC, Ecuador Wapponi Productions, Nicaragua
Moderated by: Paul Kanyinke Sena (Ogiek, Kenya) Organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues DSPD/DESA, the United Nations Department of Public Information and the NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
(Programme subject to change)
*The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is officially commemorated on 9 August annually in recognition of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva in 1982.
