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Addressee: Member States

Paragraph Number: 45
Session: 13 (2014)
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The Permanent Forum urges States to implement articles 11 and 13 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in particular in relation to the practice and revitalization of indigenous peoples’ languages, cultural traditions and customs as a way of building resilience and preventing self-harm, violence and suicide.

Area of Work: Culture, Education, Health

Addressee: UNESCO

Paragraph Number: 30
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum notes that in order to facilitate the expert meeting, there is a need for country-specific situation analysis. The Forum invites UNESCO to conduct this analysis, given the agency’s experience and expertise in the area. The Forum also invites UNESCO to transmit the analysis to the Forum. The analysis should identify the legislative and/or policy frameworks that States employ to facilitate successful models of bilingual learning, multicultural and multilingual learning and mother tongue education and identify the barriers to implementation of those frameworks

Area of Work: Education