Activities

Jul 21, 2005

UNPO Monitor - 2nd Day of the WGIP

UNPO Monitors speeches by Indigenous representatives before the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations

Jul 21, 2005

UNPO Monitor - 2nd Day of the WGIP

UNPO Monitors speeches by Indigenous representatives before the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations

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Jul 20, 2005

Indigenous Peoples address the Protection of Traditional...

Mary Simat from the Maasai Community in Kenya stated that the current intellectual property rights do not serve indigenous communities. Current patent laws, for example, do not recognize traditional knowledge...

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Jul 20, 2005

UNPO Monitor - 1st Day of the WGIP

WGIP opens electing Miguel Alfonso Martinez from Cuba as Chairman for its 23rd session

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Jul 19, 2005

Expert Francoise Hampson Adresses UN WGIP

Transcript of the Speech of Ms. Francoise Hampson before the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Geneva

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Jul 19, 2005

Sixth Annual Session of the Workshop on Indigenous...

The sixth annual session of the Workshop on Indigenous Children and Adolescents took place at the World Council of Churches featuring human rights and legal officers from UN specialized agencies

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Jul 19, 2005

Parallel Session: Protection of Collective Bio-Cultural...

In a parallel session on Monday, July 18, Ms. Krystyna Swiderska of the International Institute for Environmental Development spoke about the Protection of Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage

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Jul 18, 2005

Indigenous Representatives Come Together at 23rd...

Representatives of Indigenous Peoples, Government observers, UN specialized agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations are meeting in Geneva this week for the Working Group on Indigenous Populations ...

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Jul 17, 2005

Les Populations Autochtones sexpriment sur la...

Mary Simat, représentante de la Communauté Maasai du Kenya, dans le Narok District, a déclaré que les droits actuels de propriété intellectuelle ne sont pas bénéfiques pour les...

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