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Registration and badges pick up
Session I: Opening Session
Opening invocation and Smoking Ceremony at Mirage Conference Room / Outdoor arena
Welcome remarks by:
- Tiana Carter, FWG Co-Chair and Party member from Western Europe and Others group (WEOG)
- Cathryn Eatock, FWG Vice Co-Chair and member from the UN Indigenous Sociocultural Region of the Pacific
- Donna Lagdameo, Team Lead, LCIPP Unit, UNFCCC Secretariat
Introduction of the participants through interactive activity to meet and greet each other
Cultural Activity 1: Ngadiku Dreamtime
Lived experience to understand the special relationship of Indigenous Peoples with the rain forest at Mossman Gorge
Lunch break
Cultural Activity 2: Understanding the practices of KuKu Yalanji Peoples at the Cooya Beach
Welcome Reception at Mirage Island - Moderated by Ray Minniecon
Welcome by Uncle Juan Walker, Local Aboriginal Elder
Ceremony (Traditional Smoking Ceremony and cultural dances)
Keynote remarks by:
- Tiana Carter, FWG Co-Chair and Party member from Western Europe and Others group (WEOG)
- Cathryn Eatock, FWG Vice Co-Chair and member from the UN Indigenous Sociocultural Region of the Pacific
- Erity Teave, Vice President, Rapa Nui Parliament
- Indigenous Peoples representative from each country