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« Votre autorité et votre influence peuvent contribuer à apaiser les tensions avant qu'elles ne s'aggravent », a déclaré António Guterres aux représentants traditionnels et autochtones réunis pour l’occasion au siège de l'organisation.

Face à la montée des discours de haine, l’ONU mise sur les chefs traditionnels Les génocides ne commencent pas par des massacres. Ils commencent par des mots. Des mots qui divisent, qui désignent des ennemis, qui déshumanisent. Des mots qui circulent d'abord dans les conversations, puis sur les réseaux sociaux, avant parfois de dégénérer en violences bien réelles.

🌿 Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic Region : join us for the last strategic dialogue with the World Health Organization (WHO) on the draft Framework for Respectful Engagement with Indigenous Peoples on Biodiversity, Health and Traditional Knowledge Systems!

🗓 Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
🕚 Time: 9:00 - 11:00 Iqalit / 15:00 - 17:00 Geneva
🌐 Languages: English and Russian

The dialogue will explore key issues including:
• Respectful engagement in practice
• Protection of traditional knowledge systems
• Ethical safeguards and FPIC
• Indigenous data governance
• Culturally grounded implementation approaches

Your perspectives, experiences and recommendations are essential to this process.

📩 Written submissions in English, French, Spanish and Russian are welcome until June 23, 2026.

🔗 Register through the QR code or this link: https://bit.ly/4uheooJ
📄 Concept note available in English, French, Spanish and Russian: https://bit.ly/4uvhUNj

📢The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat is seeking temporary full-time position Indigenous Youth Coordinator!

❗️ The deadline for receipt of applications is 21 June 2026.

The Youth Coordinator of the Arctic Council Indigenous
Peoples’ Secretariat (IPS) is responsible for:

- Assist with Indigenous youth participation in the work of the Arctic Council and Permanent Participants’ capacity-building
- Facilitate coordination of the Permanent Participants’ Youth Network
- Assist with Indigenous youth participation in relevant events, such as the Arctic Youth Conference 2027
- Contribute to fundraising and project proposal development relevant to the work of the Permanent Participants and Permanent Participant youth in the Arctic Council
- Prepare relevant reports, briefs and background papers for the six Arctic Council Permanent Participants
- Contribute to IPS outreach and communication
- Assist the IPS Executive Secretary with relevant daily administrative routines.

More information about the tasks, responsibilities, and qualifications of the Indigenous Youth Coordinator of IPS and the application process can be found here:

https://arctic-council.org/about/jobs/indigenous-youth-coordinator-at-the-indigenous-peoples-secretariat-tromso-norway/

🌍 Join our first Prep Training for COP17 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

We are honored to invite Indigenous leaders, pastoralists, youth, and allies to the first of two virtual training sessions focused on the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in preparation for the upcoming COP17.

Desertification, land degradation, and drought directly threaten the territories, ecosystems, and living heritage that Indigenous Peoples have protected for generations. This session is designed to sharpen the strategic engagement and advocacy of Indigenous Peoples within the UNCCD mechanisms, key decisions, and political opportunities.

This training also highlights the UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026), opening a critical window to center the rights and needs of pastoral and Indigenous Peoples globally.

📅 Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
⏰ Time: * 4:00–6:00 p.m. Geneva and Central Africa
* 5:00–7:00 p.m. East Africa
* 9:00–11:00 a.m. Colombia
🗣️ Interpretation: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Russian.

🔗 Register now via Zoom: https://go.docip.org/training-unccd-1 (or scan the QR code on the flyer!)

"La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condena la muerte en custodia del Estado de Brooklyn Rivera, diputado de la Asamblea Nacional, líder indígena miskitu y presidente del partido YATAMA, tras permanecer en situación de desaparición forzada desde septiembre de 2023."

https://www.oas.org/es/CIDH/jsForm/?File=/es/cidh/prensa/comunicados/2026/101.asp

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/indigenous-knowledge-digital-age-learning-preserving-sharing

Indigenous Knowledge in the Digital Age: Learning, Preserving At the UNESCO Campus, students from different parts of the world came together to discuss one of today’s key challenges: how to preserve Indigenous knowledge and languages while embracing new

Responses to Ebola must be guided by international standards relating to the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including their rights to health, equal protection and cultural identity. The particular vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples to this epidemic must be recognised and integrated into response strategies.

These communities, whose way of life is mobile, depend closely on their territories and natural resources for their subsistence, identity and well-being. Moreover, their limited access to health services makes them particularly exposed to this epidemic.

Read more
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/06/indigenous-peoples-gravely-vulnerable-ebola-epidemic-warn-un-independent

🌿 Press release of the Global Environment Facility GEF

Also available in:
🌍 French: https://bit.ly/4vtMln0
🌎 Spanish: https://bit.ly/4o3VkbW

GEF approves $232.5 million in new projects and endorses $3.9 billion replenishment, launching final sprint to 2030 This press release is available in French and Spanish.