Arctic Peoples

The Coordinating Council is a Board comprised of 34 regional RAIPON chapters and meets twice a year. The most recent meeting was held on November 25, 2006.

During the meeting, Pavel Sulyandziga, First Vice-President of RAIPON reported on the work of the Permanent Forum. The Board proposed that Mr. Sulyandziga include in the agenda the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation’s meeting issues concerning the Indigenous Peoples’ problems. The Council also discussed the idea of holding the seminar in one of the regions of Russia with participation from the UN Permanent Forum members. The information has been offered on the special seminar on the preparation of the World Report on the State of the Indigenous Peoples which take place in Salekhard on December 1-2, 2006. RAIPON will create an expert group to draft its part of the report. More information will be available in the coming days.
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On November 23-24 RAIPON held a round table discussion on the Ratification of the International Labour Organization Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. The first day was given to the representatives of governments and Indigenous Peoples of Norway, Denmark and Guatemala to share their experiences in the realization of the convention status and the submission of the reports to the ILO.

The second day was dedicated to the analysis of the Russian legislation with regard to the provisions of the ILO Convention, discussions and final recommendations.

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Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North ( RAIPON ) is pleased to invite Arctic Council members, Permanent Participants and other stakeholders to attend the International Fair - Exhibition “NORTHERN CIVILIZATION. REGION EXPO 2007 “, which will take place in Moscow (All Russian Exhibition Center), April 25-27, 2007.

This Fair will become the important event for all Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East and for the Circumpolar region at whole.

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