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Acknowledgements
The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples has been a collaborative effort in which a number of experts and
organizations have participated.
The thematic chapters were written by Joji Carino, Duane Champagne, Neva Collings, Myrna Cunningham,
Dalee Sambo Dorough, Naomi Kipuri and Mililani Trask. The introduction was written by the Secretariat of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues oversaw the preparation of the publication. Elsa
Stamatopoulou, Chief of the Secretariat provided overall leadership throughout the entire process of preparing this
publication. Broddi Sigurdarson was managing editor for the production of the publication from its inception.
Important contributions were made by Sonia Smallacombe, Carol Pollack, Juan Fernando Nuñez, Maria Luz
Aragon, Ekaterina Gorbunova and Anna Satarova. Contributions were also made by Oksana Burnabaeva, Olga
Khovenmei, Bonney Hartley, Tobias Langenbach and Elizabeth Martinez.
Special gratitude goes to the Russian Association of the Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) and the Yamal
Nenets Autonomous Okrug for organizing an expert Group Meeting in Salekhard, Russian Federation which brought
together the authors and other experts for a three day meeting in preparation for this publication. The efforts of
Pavel Sulyandziga were particularly valuable in organizing this meeting. Other individuals also contributed to this
meeting. They include: Rodion Sulyandziga, Yana Dordina, William Langeveldt and Oksana Ilyina.
Special acknowledgements go to the editor, Diana Vinding and also to Ziad Al-Kadri and Marko Srdanovic of the
UN Graphic Design Unit, Department of Public Information.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, and Anisuzzaman Chowdhury
of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs provided invaluable comments.
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