as a delegation, and there were lots of people there to meet and interact with,” said Sharma. Sharma said the conference involved a presentation from B.C. on how it implemented UNDRIP into law in 2019, as well as meetings with interested officials from other governments. sent to Geneva stayed after the convention ended and tacked on personal holidays, before catching publicly-paid flights back home. “I think we were very diligent about making sure that value for British Columbia is there and we were working,” said Sharma.