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Mr. Aram Meymaryan

Ms. Triin Sellis

Sr. Oscar Betanzo Cisterna

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

9 August 2022, New York, United States of America

Mr. Thomas Midtgaard

Revised deadline to solicit funding for participation in the fifth meeting of the Working Group on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework and Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90463 (2022-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

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 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

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