Indigenous Permanent Forum 7th Session Pre-Registration Begins

Pre-registration for the Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is now open. The Seventh Session will take place at United Nations Heqdquarteds, in New York, from 21 April to 2 May 2008. The special theme will be "Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges." Pre-registration is open to indigenous peoples' organizations, academic institutions and NGOs with ECOSOC consultative status. Please visit the Seventh Session webpage, where you will find all online registration forms: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_seventh.html For those who are not elligible for participation in the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, there will be public access to webcasts on the United Nations website during the Forum.