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Addressee: Member States, UN system
Paragraph Number: 99
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends that Governments and the United Nations system, through its country presences, support indigenous media and promote the engagement of indigenous youth in indigenous programmes.
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: UNESCO, Member States
Paragraph Number: 86
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that States support the creation of indigenous language and cultural studies centres in universities and encourage universities to provide permanent teaching positions for indigenous peoples in those study centres; urges States to adopt a policy of free university tuition for all indigenous peoples; encourages those universities that have not already done so to establish designated places and scholarships for indigenous students; and encourages UNESCO to support those initiatives where applicable.
Area of Work: Culture
