"INDIGENOUS PEOPLES"

The United Nations Human Rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado said, “We are deeply disappointed that a referendum on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples of Australia did not pass.” OHCHR

Youth activists, chefs, influencers, and innovators gathered at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy, to mark Junior World Food Day and share concrete actions to protect water. Their aim is to achieve a more sustainable and food secure world for future generations. FAO

A recent Brazilian Supreme Court ruling in favour of a case brought by Indigenous Peoples to reject time restrictions on claiming rights to their ancestral land is very encouraging. UNTV CH

Comentando a recente decisão do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil contra os esforços para impor um limite de tempo para a demarcação de terras indígenas, a porta-voz de Direitos Humanos, Marta Hurtado disse, “a recente decisão do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil a favor de um caso apresentado por povos indígenas para rejeitar restrições temporais na reivindicação de direitos às suas terras ancestrais é muito encorajadora.” UNIFEED

Addressing the Ocean Race Summit, Marine biologist Sylvia Earle, said "we are just beginning to recognize that we are ocean creatures,” adding “take away the ocean - we can't survive, neither can the whales or coral reefs, or anything else.” UNIFEED / FILE

Speaking on the sideline of the SDG Summit in New York, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that too often, the lack of further investments in refugees “condemns them and their host communities to misery, setting back the development agenda.” UNIFEED

Addressing a youth event to celebrate the International Day of Peace, United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas said, “peace and sustainable development are inextricably linked. You cannot have one without the other. And you cannot have either without the participation of everyone.” UNIFEED

Ahead of the Traditional Medicine Global Summit later this month in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, World Health Organization (WHO) officials discussed the importance of safety, efficacy and quality control of traditional products and procedure-based therapies. WHO

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.