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Addressee: Member States, IPs, UNESCO, UN entities
Paragraph Number: 8
Session: 14 (2015)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum welcomes the interest expressed at the interactive dialogue on the follow-up to the World Conference held by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs on 22 April 2015, in which States and indigenous peoples stressed the importance of repatriating ceremonial objects and human remains. The Forum therefore recommends that States and indigenous peoples establish a working group to prepare a manual of good practice with regard to the repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains, with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other United Nations entities, and submit a progress report to the Forum at its fifteenth session.
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: Special Rapporteur Lars Anders-Baer
Paragraph Number: 63
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum decides to appoint Mr. Lars Anders-Baer, a member of the Permanent Forum, as a special rapporteur to undertake a study to determine the impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding.
Area of Work: Environment
Addressee: UN system, UN agencies
Paragraph Number: 63
Session: 11 (2012)
Full Text:
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) should embrace the cultural dimensions of sustainable development. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Conference approve the cultural indicators as a fourth “pillar” for the elaboration of development policies for all peoples.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Culture
