India's northeast for Int'l commission on water

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Monday opened a forum here to share perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of indigenous peoples and to pursue the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the ...

Star Online Report A leader of Democratic Youth Forum (DYF), youth front of United People's Democratic Front, was shot dead in Matiranga upazila of Khagrachhari early Saturday. Panchashan Tripura, 28, was the president of DYF Matiranga upazila unit, ...

Indigenous peoples in Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new report released today. Intercultural ...

Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum and Kapaeeng Foundation submitted a Press Release Statement On Occasion Of The UPR Review of Bangladesh. Please note that the press conference scheduled for today is not taking place. Below is a press release ...

The indigenous peoples of Africa face many challenges, the foremost of which is the recognition of their indigenous identity, said Paul Kanyinke Sena, a Kenyan lawyer and new chairman of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, ...

Farmers, pastoralists and indigenous peoples from around the world have expressed concern about the increasing levels of land grabbing and land concentration. These, they say, are embedded in wider political and economic choices, including poorly ...

Federal Liberal MP Dennis Jensen says Twitter may not have been the best forum for his views on 'indigenous advancement', after he called an Aboriginal woman a 'victim' during a robust exchange. The Member for Tangney, in Perth's southern suburbs, ...

DISABILITY groups fear indigenous people may be left behind when the national disability care scheme is rolled out. The First Peoples Disability Network released a 10-point plan to ensure indigenous people with disabilities are catered for under the ...

During the twelfth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian joins the Australian government, the Chickasaw Nation and the Association on American Indian Affairs for ...