05/20/2026
More than 40 Indigenous delegates and representatives from Indigenous Peoples’ organizations — including Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders, women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples with disabilities from Asia — participated in the 25th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 2026.
Over the two weeks of the Forum at UN Headquarters in New York, they delivered joint and individual statements and participated in the Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus, side events, media events, and other meetings.
The Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus delivered the following five joint statements during the Forum.
1. Agenda Item 3 Discussion on the theme “Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict” on 21 April 2026, Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Pallab Chakma
Read: https://tinyurl.com/3h2ubfk5
2. Agenda Item 5 (d): Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022) on 22 April, 2026, Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Rina Matayoshi
Read: https://shorturl.at/2jqfz
3. Agenda Item 4 Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health, and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on 24 April 2026, Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Emily Hang
Read: https://tinyurl.com/y3wuvpax
4. Agenda Item 5 (g): Thematic dialogue on the financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system on 28 April 2026, Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Toni Chiran
Read: https://tinyurl.com/yc6avywe
5. Agenda Item 6: Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the Economic and Social Council, the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and emerging issues, 29 April 2026, Asia Indigenous Peoples Caucus, Emily Hang
Read: https://tinyurl.com/2s6xcted
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