Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on

 Indigenous Issues

Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and

 livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and

 new challenges

Provisional agenda and documentation for the seventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.
3. Special theme: “Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the
stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges”.
4. Implementation of the recommendations on the six mandated areas of the
Permanent Forum and on the Millennium Development Goals:
(a) Economic and social development;
(b) Environment;
(c) Health;
(d) Education;
(e) Culture;
(f) Human rights.
5. Human rights: dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people and other special
rapporteurs.
6. Half-day discussion on the Pacific.
7. Half-day discussion on indigenous languages.
8. Ongoing priorities and themes and follow-up:
(a) Indigenous children and youth;
(b) Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People;
(c) Urban indigenous peoples and migration.
9. Future work of the Permanent Forum, including emerging issues.
10. Draft agenda for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum.
11. Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its seventh session.