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Addressee: Inter Agency Support Group - IASG
Paragraph Number: 17
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the initiative taken by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the secretariat of the Permanent Forum to convene a first expert meeting on the nexus between indigenous peoples and migration and endorses the recommendations of that meeting and requests further inter-agency cooperation and collaboration regarding data collection and case studies on indigenous peoples and migration, in particular the creation of a task force to specifically address migration issues of indigenous peoples within the existing Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues for the Permanent Forum. Such a task force could assist with studies by indigenous leaders and experts and promote capacity-building projects dealing with the migration of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Cooperation
Addressee: Governments, intergovernmental organisations, NGOs and other funds, foundations, and donors.
Paragraph Number: 99
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum notes with satisfaction the recent activation of the Trust Fund for the support of the Forum, expresses its deep appreciation and thanks to all those who contributed to it and calls upon Governments, foundations and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to give generously to the Fund.
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: General Assembly, Member States
Paragraph Number: 33
Session: 15 (2016)
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The Permanent Forum invites the General Assembly to consider the creation of a distinct United Nations voluntary fund for indigenous youth or the earmarking of existing and future funds to increase and enhance the direct participation of indigenous youth at the United Nations. Furthermore, the Forum encourages every State Member of the United Nations to make multi-year voluntary contributions to such existing and/or future funds.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Indigenous Children and Youth
Paragraph Number: 98
Session: 11 (2012)
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The Permanent Forum also welcomes the interest of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children in joining the Inter-Agency Support Group and calls upon the Special Representative to work closely with the members of the Forum in preparing a section on the situation of indigenous children in the Special Representative’s annual reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 14
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) for its training programme established to enhance the conflict prevention and peacebuilding capacities of indigenous peoples’ representatives, which has provided outstanding training for 270 indigenous representatives since 2000, and recommends that this important programme be supported henceforth through the regular budget of the United Nations.
Area of Work: Cooperation
Paragraph Number: 105
Session: 4 (2005)
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The Forum urges the members of the advisory council for the Voluntary Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People to allocate funds to indigenous youth-initiated projects and activities
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: UN Millennium Campaign office
Paragraph Number: 98
Session: 4 (2005)
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The Millennium Campaign should raise awareness about the Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples, providing space for indigenous youth to express their views and share experiences related to Millennium Development Goals issues, enable young indigenous people to interact with their national leaders, and facilitate networking between youth groups to crystallise new projects. The campaigns should include several elements including school-based outreach, national conferences, local workshops, media activities, including phone-in radio programs and televised debates, essay and expression contests and service days
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth, MDGs
Paragraph Number: 24
Session: 10 (2011)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the adoption by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity of two additional indicators for traditional knowledge: (a) status and trends in land use change and land tenure in the traditional territories of indigenous and local communities, and (b) status and trends in the practice of traditional occupations, to complement the adopted indicator on status and trends in traditional languages. The Forum urges the secretariat of the Convention and agencies working on these issues, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), ILO, FAO, IFAD and the International Land Coalition, to collaborate with a view to fully operationalizing those indicators.
Area of Work: Environment, Traditional Knowledge, Cooperation
Addressee: Member States, UN System
Paragraph Number: 116
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and Member States organize a regional consultation with indigenous organizations and interested donors to develop a more coordinated, sustainable and longer-term programme in the region which has as its principal objective the strengthening of indigenous organizations so as to ensure that they have the technical capacity to engage with Governments and the international community on human rights.
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: Member states
Paragraph Number: 64
Session: 20 (2021)
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Furthermore, States should strengthen measures, systems and resources to effectively address all forms of violence against indigenous women, such as female genital mutilation; child marriage; sexual abuse; forced labour; modern slavery; domestic, institutional and political violence, including in the context of forced displacement; sexual exploitation; trafficking; armed conflict; and the militarization of indigenous lands and territories.
Area of Work: Human Rights, Indigenous Women and Girls, Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: SPFII
Paragraph Number: 23
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends that in staffing the secretariat of the Forum, due consideration be given to qualified indigenous youth applicants.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: WIPO Voluntary Fund for Accredited Indigenous and Local Communities, other relevant UN entities
Paragraph Number: 27
Session: 13 (2014)
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The Permanent Forum is concerned about the reduction in indigenous-specific funding for programmes and projects by United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, for example the depletion of resources of the voluntary fund of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for accredited indigenous peoples and local community observers. The Forum recommends that such United Nations entities ensure substantial funding to support targeted programmes and projects for indigenous peoples consistent with article 41 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Area of Work: Cooperation
