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Addressee: Member states
Paragraph Number: 46
Session: 20 (2021)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that Member States continue to develop legislation to support genuine indigenous representation and participation in decision-making. Legislative measures that create practical, economic, legal and political difficulties for the establishment and functioning of indigenous organizations and institutions worldwide should be addressed in order to allow for cross-border and international cooperation between indigenous peoples of different countries and with and within international organizations on issues and processes affecting them.
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 46
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the recent entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Forum encourages Member States to accede to the Optional Protocol and requests the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to consider the preparation of a general comment on the economic, social and cultural rights of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Human rights, Economic and Social Development
Addressee: IFAD
Paragraph Number: 71
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum encourages the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to continue its efforts in operationalizing the principle of free, prior and informed consent in its investments, including through the engagement of indigenous experts in project delivery teams.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Addressee: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Paragraph Number: 71
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum recommends that UNDP continue its work on supporting local-level initiatives, such as the equator initiative, the community water initiative, the community-based initiative and the assisting communities together project.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
