Global Statements

Joint statement by AIPP, IMPECT and Ton-Kla on International Mother Language Day, 2023
Theme: “Our roots, our languages! Mother tongue-based education for our future!” This year, the 24th International Mother Language Day, is being observed across the globe with the theme ‘multilingual education

Nepal: Stop State brutality against the Tamang Indigenous Peoples and Locals
Stop the construction of Tamakoshi-Kathmandu 220/400 kV Transmission Line Project in Shankharapur-3, Kathmandu We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, strongly condemn the ongoing repression by Nepal’s police and armed police

Urgent Call for Endorsement:- Statement on Nepal: Stop State brutality against the Tamang Indigenous Peoples and Locals
Dear Friends and colleagues, Please find the attached statement on Nepal: Stop State brutality against the Tamang Indigenous Peoples and Locals/Stop the construction of Tamakoshi-Kathmandu 220/400 kV Transmission Line Project

PRESS RELEASE: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities celebrate COP15 deal on nature, and welcome the opportunity of working together with states to implement the framework
Montreal, 19 Dec 2022 Following two weeks of often tense negotiations of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), in Montreal, Canada, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) praised the

AIPP Statement on Human Rights Day 2022
‘Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All’ “It is absolutely clear that we need to regain the universality of human rights, the indivisibility of human rights, and we need to find

PRESS RELEASE: There can be no agreement to save nature without inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Montreal, 7 December 2022 The global biodiversity framework to save nature must respect, promote and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities if it stands any chance of

Collective Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus
11TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS Palais Des Nations Geneva, Switzerland 28-30th November 2022 Collective Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus Agenda Item: Opening

EMRIP15: Agenda Item 7 – International Decade of Indigenous Languages
15th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 04–08 July 2022Geneva, Switzerland Agenda Item 7: International Decade of Indigenous Languages Statement on behalf of Asia Indigenous

EMRIP15: Item 3 – Study on Treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, between indigenous peoples and States, including peace accords and reconciliation initiatives, and their constitutional recognition
15th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples04–08 July 2022Geneva, SwitzerlandItem 3: Study on Treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, between indigenous peoples and States, including

PRESS RELEASE: Failure to recognise indigenous rights will derail achievement of global climate pledges: case studies from Asia
A new study reveals that Nationally Determined Contributions, a cornerstone of the international framework aimed at addressing climate change, are likely to fail unless indigenous peoples’ rights to their land,

Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group on the Agenda Item 2b Review of the Regional Progress of the SDGs
Thank you very much Dear Chair for this intervention opportunity Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen I am Prem Singh Tharu from Nepal speaking on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples

A Statement by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact on International Mother Language Day, 2022
AIPP theme: “Our roots, our languages! Mother tongue-based education for our future!” We begin the statement with the quotes from Assembly of First Nation (AFN) national chief Perry Bellegarde, “The