State of the world’s Indigenous peoples

United Nations Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2009)
State of the world’s Indigenous peoples.
New York: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

This report is the result of the growing concerns for Indigenous people’s rights, diversity and need for policy action in the United Nation’s agenda. Internationally, Indigenous people experience lower social, economical, and political status than non-Indigenous people. Conscious of the rapid disappearance of Indigenous populations and knowledge, this report stresses the need to use the UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous people to serve as a framework for effective international right protection and law. The State of the world’s Indigenous peoples report is an overview of International Indigenous status through seven chapters including poverty and well-being, culture, environment, education, health, human rights, and emerging issues.

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• Further information:
  • View information
  • View report  (PDF – 2.8MB)
  • UN report paints a grim picture of conditions of world’s Indigenous people
    View media release: UN News Centre (14 January 2010)
  • View website: United Nations Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 
• Contact details:
  • United Nations Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations, 2 UN Plaza, Room DC2-1454, New York, NY, 10017, ph: 1 917 367 5100, fax: 1 917 367 5102, email: indigenous_un@un.org