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Addressee: WHO

Paragraph Number: 87
Session: 7 (2008)
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Considering the increasing impact of climate change on the health of indigenous peoples, particularly in terms of increased vulnerability to water-borne and vector-borne disease, the World Health Organization is encouraged to actively engage the Permanent Forum and its secretariat and establish a dialogue with a view to organizing a meeting on this issue in 2009.

Area of Work: Health
Paragraph Number: 87
Session: 4 (2005)
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Promote and support the utilization of local indigenous languages and, where no written languages exist, employ local indigenous people (as translators/interpreters as well as advisers) to assist in the collection process

Area of Work: Data Collection and Indicators