Association of Indigenous, Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation | |
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| Founded | March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31) |
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| Type | Indigenous peoples' nationalumbrella organization |
| Focus | Indigenous peoples' rights |
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Area served | Russian Federation |
| Members | 41Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East through their regional organizations |
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TheRussian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) (Russian:Ассоциация коренных, малочисленных народов Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока Российской Федерации (АКМНССиДВ),lit. 'Association of Indigenous, Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East of the Russian Federation') is the Russian national umbrella organisation representing 40Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East as well as the Komy-Ishma people. It is anon-governmental organisation inConsultative Status withECOSOC and one of the six Indigenous Permanent Participants of theArctic Council.
RAIPON was founded 31 March 1990 at the occasion of the first "Congress of the peoples of the North of theSoviet Union" and registered under the name of "Association of the Peoples of the North of the USSR". It was initially headed by theNivkh writerVladimir Sangi. In 1993, it was re-registered as a social and political movement by the name of "Association of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation" and theKhanty authorYeremey Aypin became its president. Later he was replaced by the NenetsSergey Kharyuchi, who is also the speaker of the Duma ofYamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. He was re-elected president of RAIPON in 2001, 2005 and 2009. In 1999 RAIPON was awarded the status of an All-Russian Non-Governmental Organisation by the Russian Ministry of Justice, which i.a. made its representatives eligible to be appointed to thePublic Chamber of Russia. By 2012, RAIPON's long-serving vice-presidentPavel Sulyandziga served a second term as a member of the Public Chamber.
November 2012, Russia's Ministry of Justice ordered the closure of RAIPON, because of an “alleged lack of correspondence between the association’s statutes and federal law”. According to Russia's Ministry of Justice the indigenous peoples association will be closed for six months, whereupon the statutes will have to be adjusted.[1] In March 2013, RAIPON electedGrigory Ledkov as president; Ledkov also sits as a representative in the Russian Duma.[2]
The highest decision-making body is the Congress of Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, which is held every four years. The VI congress was held in April 2009. Between the congresses, the steering body is the Coordinating Council, comprising regional Indigenous leaders. The organization's headquarters are located in Moscow.
As well as its role as an Indigenous Permanent Participants of theArctic Council and its consultative Status withECOSOC, RAIPON is also an observer ofUNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum and of theWorld Intellectual Property Organization's Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.[4][5]
RAIPON is as well a member of theUniversity of the Arctic.[6] UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.[7] The collaboration has been paused after the beginning of theRusso-Ukrainian War in 2022.[8]
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