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Closing statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, for the twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention, Geneva, 16 November 2023

Opening Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, at the twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 12 November 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2023

Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues during the discussion of item 3, on the discussion of the theme “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”, New York, 18 April 2023

Statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the twenty-second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues during the discussion of agenda item 5 (f), on dialogue on Indigenous platforms established within United Nations entities, New York, 17 April 2023

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2022

Statement by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Statement by Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the Second Global Thematic Dialogue for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Online, 1 December 2020

Statement by CBD Executive Secretary Elizabeth Maruma Mrema on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Opening statement of Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Officer-in-Charge, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada, 20-22 November 2019

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, UN Assistant Secretary-General, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the eighteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 22 April to 3 May 2019. Theme: “Traditional knowledge: generation, transmission and protection”

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the Official Launch of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 28 January 2019

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Headquarters, 16 to 27 April 2018

Statement by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the Tenth meeting of the ad hoc open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada, 13 December 2017

Message of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cristiana Paşca Palmer, on the occasion of the Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations Headquarters, 24 April to 5 May 2017

Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the “Muuchtanbal” Summit on Indigenous Experiences — Traditional knowledge, biological and cultural diversity, Cancun, Mexico, 10 December 2016

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2016

Statement by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Article 8(J) and Related Provisions at its Ninth Meeting, Montreal, 4 November 2015

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2015

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferrera de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Eighth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, Montreal, 7 October 2013

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Dr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples - 9 August 2013

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues, Montreal, Canada, 28 November 2012

Message from the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2012

Statement by Mr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-16), 30 April 2012, in Montreal

Message from the Executive Secretary on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2011

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, 21 May 2011

Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the opening of the Ninth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: “Indigenous Peoples; Development with Culture and Identity”, New York, 19 April 2010

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the occasion of Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity-building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity, Including Issues Relevant to Article 8(j), TK and ABS: Mesoamerican Region, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 4 - 6 March 2010

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the closing session of the Sixth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, 6 November 2009

Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, 2 November 2009

Message by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed djoghlaf, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2009

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Indigenous and Local Community, Business and Biodiversity Consultation, UN Headquarters, New York, 12 May 2009

Statement by the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf on “Climate Change, REDD and Biodiversity” on the occasion of the International Expert Meeting on Potential Impacts of “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” on Indigenous and Local Communities, Baguio City, Philippines, 12-14 November 2008

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2008

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Twelfth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, 25–29 February 2008

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, Montreal, 15 October 2007

Opening Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the International Indigenous and Local Community Consultation on Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Development of an International Regime, Montreal, 19-21 September 2007

Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, to the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues, Montreal - 17 September 2007

It gives me great honor today, as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity and host agency of this year's annual meeting, to welcome the members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues to Montreal and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biologi ...

Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf on the Occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2007.

The celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on 9 August 2007 presents an opportunity to draw attention to the contribution of indigenous and local communities to the conservation and sustainable use of the world’s biological diversity. It also provides opportunity ...

Indigenous and Local Communities – the Human Face of Climate Change, Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, for the Media Conference at UN Headquarters, New York, 22 May 2007

Since the appearance of man on earth, impacts on the natural functions of our planet have never been as destructive as in the last 500 years, leading to an unprecedented extinction of biological diversity on earth. The pressures on the planet’s natural functions caused by human activity and mani ...

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its sixth session, New York, 17 May 2007

From its inception, the Convention on Biological Diversity has attached the highest importance to the need to protect and conserve the rich biodiversity heritage of indigenous and local communities. Article 8(j) of the Convention focuses specifically on respecting, preserving and maintaining tr ...

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Second Meeting of the Advisory Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, 30 April 2007

I wish to welcome the distinguished experts to the second meeting of the Advisory Group for Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity. I am particularly pleased to welcome the representative from the Government of Brazil, a Party to the Convention with a part ...

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its fifth session

From its inception, the Convention on Biological Diversity has attached the highest importance to the need to protect and conserve the rich biodiversity heritage of indigenous and local communities. Article 8(j) of the Convention focuses specifically on respecting, preserving and maintaining tr ...

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf Executive Secretary Convention on Biological Diversity at the Opening session of the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions Granada, Spain

23 January 2006

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity opened the meeting in compliance of decision VI/10, paragraph 7, of the Conference of the Parties. The decision states that one meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and r ...

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary to the Ministerial Segment