Documents
General Assembly Resolutions
- Resolution establishing the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/65/198)
- Resolution defining the scope and modalities of the Conference (A/RES/66/296)
- Resolution on the Rights of indigenous peoples (A/RES/66/142) stressing that the results of a commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples could serve as an input for the preparations of the World Conference.
Letters of the President of the General Assembly
- Draft text of the concise outcome document at the “High-level Plenary meeting of the sixty-ninth session of the GA, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples” (17 September)
- Programme and organizational arrangements (15 September 2014)
- Draft Outcome Document (15 September 2014)
- Revised draft Outcome Document and Informal Consultations (5 September 2014)
- Revised draft Outcome Document and Informal Consultations (29 August 2014)
- Organizational arrangements for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (Letter to Member States, 18 August 2014)
- Organizational arrangements for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (Letter to Indigenous Peoples Representatives,
18 August 2014) - Lists of organizations that may participate in the High-Level Plenary Meeting (13 august)
- Informal consultations (8 August 2014)
- Informal consultations (25 July 2014)
- Informal consultations (8 July 2014)
- Programme of the Interactive Hearing (13 June 2014)
- Concept Note of the Interactive Hearing (13 June 2014)
- Letter dated 30 May 2014 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations on the Informal consultations - World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
- Letter dated 19 May 2014 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations proposal for consideration of the entire membership of the Assembly
- Letter dated 5 March 2014 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding consultations on the organization of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
- Letter dated 5 April 2012 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations appointing co-chairs to lead the informal consultations for the high level meeting on Indigenous Issues
- Letter dated 11 August 2011 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the first discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (23 May 2011)
International Instruments
Other Documents
- Report of the Secretary-General on the achievement of the goal and objectives of the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (A/69/271)
- Alta Outcome Document (A/67/994) – Following a global consultation process involving representatives of the indigenous peoples and nations of the seven global geopolitical regions as well as the women’s caucus and the youth caucus. It sets forth their recommendations for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples along with the historical and current context of indigenous peoples from around the world.
- Political Position Document and Plan of Action of the World’s Indigenous Women Adapted in the World Conference of Indigenous Women, Lima, Peru, 28-30 October 2013 (E/C.19/2014/CRP.1)
- Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra 7-9 April 2014 - International Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommendations on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
- Compilation of Recommendations, Conclusions and Advice from Studies Completed by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/HRC/EMRIP/2013/CRP.1)
- Compilation of statements made during the half-day discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at the 11th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 14 May 2012
Thematic Issues
The following papers have been prepared by the Inter-Agency Support Group, a mechanism for international cooperation on indigenous peoples’ issues.
