1. WORLD CONFERENCE
ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN
2014 Joan Carling
Global
Coordinating
Group (GCG) for
the WCIP
Asia Indigenou s
Peoples Pact
(AIPP)

2. WORLD CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 On 16 November 2010, the Third Committee of the United Nations
General Assembly adopted the following resolution
(A/C.3/65/L.22/Rev.1):
 Decides to organize a high -level plenar y meeting of the General
Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples,
to be held in 2014, in order to share per spectives and best practices
on the realization of the rights of Indigenous peoples, including to
pur sue the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples ,
 and invites the President of the General Assembly to conduct open -
ended consultations with Member States and with indigenous peoples’
representatives in the framework of the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues, as well as with the Exper t Mechanism on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rappor teur in order to determine
the modalities for the meeting, including indigenous peoples’
par ticipation at the Conference.

3. WORLD CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 Modalities resolution: GA Resolution- 17 September 2012
 Meeting will be held in New York on Monday 22 September
and the afternoon of Tuesday 23 September 2014( just before
UN GA in 2014)
 Two plenary sessions, the opening and closing sessions.
 3 interactive roundtables
 one informal panel discussion.

4. WORLD CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 Modalities:
 President of the General Assembly to organize an informal
interactive hearing no later than June 2014 to provide input
into the preparatory process.
 Indigenous peoples, UN agencies, academia, national human
rights institutions, parliamentarians, civil society and States
are encouraged to participate.

5. WORLD CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 Outcome document:
 Action orientated outcome document
 The President of the General Assembly will prepare the draft
text on the basis of consultations with States and Indigenous
peoples.
 The President will take into account the views emerging from
the preparatory processes and the interactive hearing. He will
then convene a consultation process to provide input for
suf ficient consideration by States and agreement by the
General Assembly prior to the meeting itself.

6. WORLD CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 Indigenous Peoples participation as follows:
 3 Indigenous representatives to speak at the opening session;
 The interactive round tables and informal panel discussion to be co-
chaired by State representatives and Indigenous peoples’
representatives;
 Indigenous organizations and institutions will be accredited through
an open and transparent procedure based on existing practice;
 States are to consider the inclusion of Indigenous peoples in their
delegations;
 Participation of Indigenous women, youth, elders and persons with
disabilities;
 Participation of Indigenous peoples in the informal interactive
hearing to be held prior to June 2014;
 Consultation with Indigenous peoples in the preparation of the
outcome document to occur in two ways, firstly through the
preparatory processes and secondly through a process of
consultation, and;
 Indigenous peoples are encouraged to disseminate the results of
their international, regional and thematic conferences.

7. WORLD CONFERENCE ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 Indigenous Peoples Response and Initiatives:
 Ensuring Indigenous peoples are able to participate in this
meeting as well as the preparatory and post Conference
processes.
 Copenhagen Resolution of IPs outlining key areas for
indigenous peoples to focus to influence the outcome and the
establishment of the Global Coordinating Group ( GCG) for the
WCIP
 Establishment of the GCG in as the global mechanism with 2
reps from the 7 IP global regions

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PEOPLES (WCIP) IN 2014
 Conduct of regional preparatory Meetings
 Global Preparatory Meeting in June 2013 in Alta, Norway to be
hosted by the Saami Parliament- adoption of a global
Declaration and agreement on strategies to influence
outcome
 Key activities to influence outcome
 Information dissemination- UNDRIP- WCIP
 Lobby with governments at the national level
 Generation of support from UN agencies and others
 Sustained lobby in New York UN headquarters