Debby Lin (Lapic Kalay) Amis People of Taiwan debbyhsu@gmail

1. Debby Lin (Lapic Kalay) Amis People of Taiwan debbyhsu@gmail.com UNPFII United Nations Indigenous Youth Caucus Preparatory Meeting to the 10th UNPFII 15th May, 2011

2. OVERVIEW History of IP Engagement with UN Establishment of the Forum The Structure of PFII Mandates and Functions Formal PFII Meetings

3. HISTORY OF ENGAGEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WITH THE UN ILO Convention No. 107 – 1957 Martinez Cobo Study - 1977-86 NGO Conference on IPs and Discrimination in the Americas – 1977 UNWGIP – 1982-2006 ILO Convention No.169 - 1989

4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PERMANENT FORUM 1980s Discussion first began 1993 World Conference on HR in Vienna 1995- FirstDecade of the World’s 2005 Indigenous Peoples 2002 First Session of UNPFII

5. MANDATES • The Permanent Forum is an ADVISORY BODY to the Economic and Social Council with a MANDATE to discuss indigenous issues related to: - Economic & Social Development - Culture -The Environment -Education -Health, & -Human Rights

6. STRUCTURE • It is an expert body reporting to ECOSOC • 16 members • indigenous organizations nominated • governments nominated • represent 7 social-cultural regions • Africa • Asia • Eastern Europe • Latin America • The Caribbean • Western Europe • Other States

9. FUNCTIONS provide expert advice and recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council, to programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations, through the Council raise awareness and promote the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within the UN system prepare and disseminate information on indigenous issues

10. FUNCTIONS (Cont’d) Recommendations are policy-making, oriented in the form of advice, and they are action-oriented for implementation and follow up, by the intergovernmental system, governments, indigenous and other organizations and the private sector The recommendations are adopted by consensus and submitted to ECOSOC. Members of Forum have closed-door sessions to agree on recommendations. Strict deadlines are followed.

11. FUNCTIONS (Cont’d) Meet 10 days each year in May in New York Election of officers; Chair, Rapporteur, 4 vice chairs – (Bureau) Adoption of Agenda Opening ceremony: Indigenous opening, Pres. Of GA, ECOSOC Pres., HRC Pres, UN SG, etc. speak. Interactive dialogues between IPs, States and UN Agencies, other multilateral bodies

12. HOW RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FORMULATED Ideas may come from various indigenous caucuses during the debates cover the mandated areas of the Permanent Forum, addressed exclusively to a particular UN agency or to the whole UN system.

13. MEETINGS OF THE PERMANENT FORUM Preparatory meetings of Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus Plenary Sessions Side-events Expert-Workshops Meetings of the Inter-agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues (IASG)

14. Related Agenda of the Forum SPECIAL THEMES OF THE SESSIONS Indigenous children and youth, 2003 Indigenous women, 2004 MDGs and indigenous peoples, 2005-2006 Lands, territories and resources , 2007 Climate Change, impacts on indigenous peoples, 2008 Cross-cutting themes: socio-economic development, indigenous women – 2009 Development with culture and identity-2010

15. Related Agenda of the Forum • One half-day devoted to report of SR on IPs • One-half day Sessions on Regions • Central and South America and the Caribbean. • One-half day devoted to a theme agreed upon earlier (urban migration, languages, etc.) • Right to water and indigenous peoples

16. References • Special thanks to forum member, Mr Raja Devasish Roy, for his kindness to share his slides • UNPFII website http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/

17. Tangnila no kosuwa no mako, array. Thank you for your attention.

18. UNPFII Secretariat A Secretariat based in New Yorkassists the Forum withadministrative and otherfunctions established by the General Assembly in 2002 Based at UN Headquarters in New York in the Division for Social Policy and Developmentof the UN Department of Economic and SocialAffairs (DSPD/DESA)

19. Functions of UNPFII Secretariat promote awareness of indigenous issueswithin the UN system, governments, andthe general public; and serve as a source of information and acoordination point for advocacy efforts thatrelate to the Pfii’s mandate Support/facilitate the participation of indigenouspeoples in national, regional and international meetings to make their voice heard, Share information on good practices relating toindigenous issues, Contribute to the two Trust Funds: Trust Fund inSupport to the Permanent Forum, and Trust Fund of the Second Decade of the World’sIndigenous people.

20. UNPFII RELATIONSHIP WITH 2ND DECADE • 2005-2015: Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. • Promoting non-discrimination and inclusion of indigenous peoples in the design, implementation and evaluation of international, regional and national processes regarding laws, policies, resources, programmes and projects; • Promoting full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in decisions which directly or indirectly affect their lifestyles, traditional lands and territories, their cultural integrity as indigenous peoples with collective rights or any other aspect of their lives, considering the principle of free, prior and informed consent; • Redefining development policies that depart from a vision ofequity and that are culturally appropriate, including respect forthe cultural and linguistic diversity of indigenous peoples;

21. Adopting targeted policies, programmes,projects and budgets for the development ofindigenous peoples, including concretebenchmarks, and particular emphasis onindigenous women, children and youth; Developing strong monitoring mechanisms andenhancing accountability at the international,regional and particularly the national level,regarding the implementation of legal, policy andoperational frameworks for the protectionof indigenous peoples and the improvement oftheir lives.