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Addressee: United Nations Agencies, Funds, Programmes, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Paragraph Number: 85
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that all United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, as well as the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, integrate relevant provisions of the Declaration into their policies, programmes, projects and strategies.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States, UN system
Paragraph Number: 99
Session: 12 (2013)
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For the post-2015 dialogue and outcomes to accomplish a sea change and paradigm shift away from a North-South dialogue to one of universally addressing the post-2015 objectives in order to improve the lives of all, including indigenous peoples in developed countries, the Forum recommends that efforts must be made to guarantee the direct participation of indigenous peoples from the world’s most developed and affluent countries in all thematic consultations, conclusions and recommendations so that their voices and concerns can be heard.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, MDGs
Addressee: Government of Canada
Paragraph Number: 99
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum urges the Government of Canada to work with the Friendship Centre Movement and other relevant organizations to determine how it can strengthen its roles and responsibilities with regard to urban indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 85
Session: 17 (2018)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) strategy of inclusion and visibility of indigenous women, which responds to the system-wide action plan on the rights of indigenous peoples and the recommendation of the Forum (E/2014/43/Corr.1-E/C.19/2014/11/Corr.1, para. 35) on including the priorities of indigenous women in global, regional and national programmes. The Forum encourages Member States to allocate sufficient funding for the implementation of the strategy. The Forum encourages UN-Women to emphasize enhancing the participation and capacities of indigenous young women and girls and to report on progress made to the Forum at its eighteenth session.
Area of Work: Indigenous Women and Girls, Enhanced Participation at the UN
