The Fifth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place May 15–26 at UN headquarters in New York. The topic of this year’s session is "The Millennium Development Goals and Indigenous People: Re-Defining the Millennium Development Goals." Participants are strongly encouraged to pre-register online at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_fifth.html.
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