Side Event

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Organizer
Quebec Native Women/Femmes Autochtones du Québec Indigenous World Association Canadian Friends Service Committee

Date and Time
9 November 2009 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 8)

Indigenous representatives will discuss the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the relationship to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The discussion will also examine Canada's current position on the Declaration.