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Addressee: UNESCO
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 18 (2019)
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The Permanent Forum requests that UNESCO present a report to the Forum by 2020 on the implementation of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, on the basis of the action plan for organizing it (see E/C.19/2018/8).
Area of Work: Indigenous Languages, Culture
Addressee: African States
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum urges all African Governments to comply with and support United Nations resolutions and mechanisms that include references to indigenous peoples, specifically Agenda 21, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification Particularly in Africa, International Labour Convention No. 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples and other United Nations agreements.
Area of Work: Cooperation
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 22 (2023)
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The accessibility of general recommendation No. 39 to Indigenous Peoples is crucial to ensure its effective implementation and impact on the ground. The Permanent Forum recommends its translation into Indigenous languages spoken by Indigenous Peoples in their States before the end of 2032.
Area of Work: Indigenous Women and Girls, Indigenous Languages
Addressee: Member States of the Sahel and Congo basin
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum is concerned by issues related to land tenure, the collective rights of indigenous peoples, customary rights, land-grabbing and the closure of transhumance corridors. The Permanent Forum therefore recommends that States of the Sahel and the Congo basin establish a legal framework to consolidate their national and local land tenure regimes with a view to resolving conflicts peacefully. In addition, those States should enhance access to justice for the aff ected indigenous pastoralists and provide training for judicial officials on those issues.
Area of Work: Cooperation, Lands and Resources
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 4 (2005)
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The United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations and donor agencies should implement, at the country level, existing policies on indigenous peoples or develop such policies if they do not exist, and should strengthen the capacity of institutions to implement such policies and programs in an effective and sustainable manner
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
