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Addressee: OHCHR, UN system, UNESCO, Member States
Paragraph Number: 25
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has examined the collective and individual proposals submitted by indigenous organizations, representatives of the United Nations system and Member States in order to follow up the recommendations contained in its report on its second session, in particular those contained in chapter I, section B, paragraphs 93, 103 and 105 of the report.
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: Member States, UN Agencies, IPO
Paragraph Number: 135
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that interested parties organize an international expert group meeting on the theme “Indigenous peoples: sacred plants and sites, articles 11, 24 and 31 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, and requests that the conclusions of such a meeting be submitted to the Forum at its tenth session.
Area of Work: Environment, Culture
Addressee: Committee on the Rights of the Child
Paragraph Number: 25
Session: 2 (2003)
Full Text:
The Forum, deeply concerned about the harmful and widespread impact of armed conflict on indigenous children, recommends that the Committee on the Rights of the Child make recommendations on the situation of the human rights of indigenous children involved in armed conflict, taking into account the principles and norms contained in the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: UNESCO, UNDP, CBD, WIPO
Paragraph Number: 25
Session: 12 (2013)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that UNESCO, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) work closely with indigenous peoples to develop an instrument to protect traditional knowledge and culture-based economic opportunities and activities as a potential way of strengthening the identities of indigenous peoples in order to contribute to gross domestic product growth, environmental protection and mutual appreciation of cultures.
Area of Work: Culture
