04/20/2026
Join during for an interactive panel event:
✴️Health, Well-being, and the Dignity of in the 'Lungs of Earth' Countries✴️
This event will focus on the challenges Indigenous communities in the Amazon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and West Papua face in meeting their needs and rights amid conflicts related to land grabbing, deforestation, and extractive activities. It will also highlight effective policies and best practices to defend the rights and dignity of Indigenous peoples, especially their rights to health and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
📆 24 April 2026
🕜 1:15pm-2:45pm (New York time)
📍In-person (Church Center to the UN) and online (Zoom)
🗣️ Interpretation will be provided in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
👉 Learn more & register: https://jcor2030.org/unpfii25-parallel-event-health-well-being-and-the-dignity-of-indigenous-people-in-the-lungs-of-earth-countries/
Co-Sponsors: NGO Mining Working Group, NGO CSocD , NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples VIVAT International, Proclade Internazionale ONU, Passionists International , Dominican Leadership Conference, World Christian Life Community, Mercy International Association - Global Action, and the Sisters of Notre Dame De Namur