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Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 98
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum also recommends to Member States that the development agenda beyond 2015 recognize, protect and strengthen indigenous peoples’ collective rights, in particular the right to land, territories and natural resources.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, MDGs
Addressee: UNDP
Paragraph Number: 053 (Session 9 Appendix)
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that a capacity-development component be included in UNDP projects that affect indigenous peoples. The Forum also recommends that the experience and knowledge of the Small Grants Programme of the Global Environmental Facility be utilized by other small-grant schemes and that a stronger link be developed between efforts to enhance the capacity of indigenous peoples’ organizations and UNDP efforts to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples in national policy processes
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 52
Session: 15 (2016)
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Consistent with articles 7 and 30 of the United Nations Declaration, States should take measures for settlement, protection and security in the post-conflict period, and for the construction of durable and lasting peace, promoting the full and effective inclusion of indigenous peoples, including indigenous women, in any initiative for peace and reconciliation.
Area of Work: Human rights, Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Members States
Paragraph Number: 41
Session: 14 (2015)
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The Permanent Forum calls upon States to recognize indigenous peoples, where they exist, consistent with the provisions of the United Nations Declaration, in their legislation in order to gather statistical data thereon, especially in the area of allocation of land and other natural resources for traditional use.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Environment
Addressee: FAO
Paragraph Number: 111
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that FAO, in 2014, the International Year of Family Farming, organize and host an expert seminar on culture, food sovereignty and traditional livelihoods to feed into the post-2015 process. The seminar should include the participation of an elder, an adult and a young person from each of the seven sociocultural regions of the Forum.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 31
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum recommends that Member States put in place policies and mechanisms to increase indigenous women’s access to markets and capital in order to enable them to turn their traditional skills into sustainable forms of income generation.
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 118
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that States, in order to combat the adverse effects of migration, cooperate with indigenous peoples to provide employment and economic development opportunities within their territories.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Asia Indigenous Peoples' Caucus
Paragraph Number: 130
Session: 4 (2005)
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The Forum supports the initiative of the Asia Indigenous Peoples' Caucus to undertake research and hold a regional conference on the question of indigenousness in Asia in order to bring about better dialogue and understanding on the issue
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: Artic Council
Paragraph Number: 57
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum calls upon the Arctic Council to provide the indigenous permanent participants in the Council with adequate financial resources, enabling them to effectively participate in all relevant activities of the Council.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: UNESCO
Paragraph Number: 24
Session: 18 (2019)
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The Permanent Forum urges UNESCO to develop an indigenous peoples’ platform within the agency to ensure that UNESCO language programmes provide tangible benefits to indigenous communities and ensure that indigenous peoples are active in all aspects of the work of UNESCO.
Area of Work: Indigenous Languages, Culture
Addressee: UNDP
Paragraph Number: 25
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that UNDP include indigenous peoples in its programme of democratic governance in order to support and strengthen indigenous institutions and enable indigenous peoples to enjoy their right to political participation and fortify their capacities for political conflict prevention and resolution.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: UN system, Member States
Paragraph Number: 109
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum recommends the development and inclusion of clear indicators and monitoring tools relating to indigenous peoples in the sustainable development goals and post-2015 development process, to be developed jointly with indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, MDGs
