doCip is a Swiss NGO linking Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations. It is a non-profit organization established in 1978 at the request of Indigenous Representatives to the United Nations.
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doCip |
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The priorities of doCip |
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The documentation centre |
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The Update/Informativo |
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The technical secretariats |
Address:
doCip / 14, av. de Trembley / CH - 1209 Geneva
Office hours:
Monday-Friday (Please call before coming, preferably in the morning)
Reproduction of documents:
photocopies on presentation or by written request
Telephone: | +41 22 740 34 33 |
Telefax: | +41 22 740 34 54 |
E-Mail: | docip@docip.org |
doCip is a service organisation supporting indigenous representatives whilst working within the UN system.
doCip is based on the principle of respect for the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples: it only acts when asked by indigenous representatives themselves and offers an exclusively technical support.
doCip consists of an Executive Committee and a multilingual team of different cultural backgrounds, most of whom are volunteers. Working languages: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and whenever possible Russian.
doCip is funded by the European Community (European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the State of Geneva, the City of Geneva, the New Zealand Government, and Rights and Democracy.
The documents are recorded and indexed under INMAGIC Plus.
We have adopted the HURIDOCS Standard Format for the registration and the exchange of bibliographical information about Human Rights.
doCip establishes bibliographies on indigenous themes, sends catalogues or photocopies of articles and indexes, and catalogues new documents dealing with indigenous affairs.
The services are offered free of charge to all indigenous organisations and to NGOs from the South concerned with the indigenous struggle.
For universities and scholar institutions we request a participation in the costs involved:
The Update/Informativo publishes summaries of the main UN meetings concerning Indigenous Peoples. It also provides information about the future events in the different international organisations so that the indigenous organisations may prepare themselves for these events. It also provides information about publications of potential interest to Indigenous Peoples. The Update / Informativo is published in English, Spanish, French and (whenever possible ) in Russian.
Every year in July and in October/November the UN Working Groups on Indigenous Peoples take place in Geneva with the participation of two hundred indigenous representatives. doCip volunteers translate their documents and their informal discussions and facilitate their contacts with UN officers, NGOs of the North and the press and - together with other organisations - take care of the provision of communal lodgings, among many other services.
If you belong to an indigenous organisation and do not yet know doCip , please write to us: we will send you documentation and our periodical Update free of charge. We are always grateful to receive documents produced by indigenous organisations.
If you live close to Geneva, please come to help us either throughout the year or during the technical secretariats!
If you do not have any spare time you may also become a doCip member by paying an annual fee of Swiss Francs 30.- and thus you will support our activities and receive our Update.
The Indigenous Peoples share their culture, their vision of the world and their experience of centuries of struggle for survival. Their social values, based on the reciprocity and solidarity between generations, are essential for a future respectful of life.
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Last update: 02/05/2004