A joint intervention by the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Consejo de Todas las Tierras, National Congress of American Indians, Native American Rights Fund, Cultural Survival, Alifuru Council, the Global Caucus of Indigenous Persons with Disabilities, Indigenous Bar Association of Canada, La Fundacion Paso A Paso and the Indigenous World Association was presented by Andrea Carmen of IITC at the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' 9

On June 28th, 2016, the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, issued a joint statement declaring that they have reached an accord regarding Indigenous Peoples.

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On July 12, 2016, Dev Kumar Sunuwar delivered the following intervention under Agenda item 6: Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Relation to Business Enterprises during the 9th Session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

Mr. Chair, distinguished representatives, Indigenous brothers and sisters. 

I am Dev Kumar Sunuwar, pleased to make this intervention on behalf of indigenous peoples of Nepal.

By Madeline Black

On June 28, 2016, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) appealed to the United Nations and the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights for recognition and acknowledgment of their sovereign rights of self-determination, self-government, and political autonomy.

On July 12, 2016, Cultural Survival Executive Director Suzanne Benally delivered the following intervention for the Right to Health and Indigenous Peoples, with a Focus on Children and Youth during the 9^th Session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

Mr. Chair, Distinguished representatives, Indigenous brothers and sisters.

After nearly 30 years of legislation, the Organization of American States (OAS) has adopted a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples  at its General Assembly meeting in the Dominican Republic from June 13 to 15, 2016. The OAS General Assembly initiated steps towards a declaration in 1989.