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Addressee: Les Malezer
Paragraph Number: 107
Session: 16 (2017)
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The Permanent Forum appoints Les Malezer, a member of the Forum, to undertake a study on indigenous peoples and sustainable development, to be submitted to the Forum at its seventeenth session.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 82
Session: 22 (2023)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the report on the study on implementing free, prior and informed consent in the context of Indigenous Peoples (E/C.19/2023/6), presented at its twenty-second session by a former member of the Permanent Forum, Alexey Tsykarev. The Permanent Forum agrees with the recommendation in the study that Member States and businesses treat Indigenous Peoples as rights holders and work collaboratively with Indigenous Peoples to design effective models for ensuring that free, prior and informed consent is honoured. It urges States, with the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples, to develop national standards to ensure free, prior and informed consent for all development activities by private and public companies.
Area of Work: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Addressee: FAO, WHO
Paragraph Number: 82
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum calls on FAO and WHO to amend the International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management to take into account the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 107
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum invites Member States to participate in informal discussions on the effective and efficient impacts of the Permanent Forum on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including in the contexts of biodiversity, climate change, desertification and the enjoyment of human rights by indigenous peoples, in particular efforts to combat violence against indigenous women and children. The Permanent Forum also invites Member States to enhance the effective participation of indigenous peoples in the design and implementation of efforts in the context the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development; the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028; the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Environment, Human rights
