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Addressee: WHO
Paragraph Number: 77
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that WHO conduct a study on the health effects on indigenous peoples throughout the world caused by uranium mining, dumping of radioactive waste and nuclear testing on indigenous held lands and territories, and provide a report to the ninth session of the Forum in 2010.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: Special Rapporteur on violence against women
Paragraph Number: 77
Session: 2 (2003)
Full Text:
The Forum recommends that the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences pay special attention to the impact of violence against indigenous women, including war-related violence and domestic violence.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 22 (2023)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum is concerned that HIV acquisition rates are higher in Indigenous communities than in the general population. The Permanent Forum encourages the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to continue its focus on Indigenous Peoples.
Area of Work: Health
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 2 (2003)
Full Text:
The Forum recommends that the Special Rapporteur on the right to health pay special attention in his work to the right to health as contained in treaties between indigenous peoples and States.
Area of Work: Health
