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Addressee: Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth
Paragraph Number: 17
Session: 14 (2015)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth, in cooperation with indigenous young people, urgently address self-harm and suicide among indigenous young people and invites him to inform the Forum on progress in that regard at its fifteenth session.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Paragraph Number: 17
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum invites the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, within the purview of his mandate, to pay special attention to and make recommendations concerning the rights of indigenous children.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: General Assembly
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 13 (2014)
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The Permanent Forum further urges the General Assembly to proclaim an international year of the world’s indigenous children and youth.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: Inter Agency Support Group - IASG
Paragraph Number: 17
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the initiative taken by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the secretariat of the Permanent Forum to convene a first expert meeting on the nexus between indigenous peoples and migration and endorses the recommendations of that meeting and requests further inter-agency cooperation and collaboration regarding data collection and case studies on indigenous peoples and migration, in particular the creation of a task force to specifically address migration issues of indigenous peoples within the existing Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues for the Permanent Forum. Such a task force could assist with studies by indigenous leaders and experts and promote capacity-building projects dealing with the migration of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Cooperation
Addressee: UNICEF, Member States
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum takes notes of the recent publication of the adolescent-friendly version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by UNICEF, the Forum and the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus. The Forum recommends that UNICEF, Member States and indigenous peoples translate this publication into all languages, in particular indigenous languages. The Forum also recommends that Member States, indigenous peoples and others use this publication in the curricula of studies of indigenous and non-indigenous youth.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Paragraph Number: 17
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum supports the recommendations of the international expert group meeting on extractive industries, indigenous peoples’ rights and corporate social responsibility addressed to extractive industry corporations, States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, indigenous peoples, nations and organizations, and international financial institutions, contained in a paper presented to the Forum.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: UN Systems/UN Agencies
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum expresses concern about the situation of indigenous men, who, in the development process, suffer losses in their traditional livelihoods in their family structures and their roles in the community, and face social challenges as a result, as shown by many social indices, and urges United Nations agencies to undertake a study on the changing role of indigenous men in the economic development process.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
