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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: ILO
Paragraph Number: 71
Session: 7 (2008)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that ILO, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, establish a mechanism for the participation of indigenous experts and representatives in the monitoring of ILO Conventions No. 169 and No. 107, regarding both State reports and indigenous peoples’ claims.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Paragraph Number: 74
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends the proposal by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and other organizations to hold an expert workshop on the contribution to development of pastoralist cultures and hunting and gathering societies.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Paragraph Number: 71
Session: 3 (2004)
Full Text:
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
Paragraph Number: 74
Session: 7 (2008)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum requests that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples identify the actions of transnational corporations that may breach the inherent rights detailed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and further invites them to present a report to the Forum at its eighth session, in 2009.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 137
Session: 6 (2007)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum welcomes the invitation from the Government of the Russian Federation, the Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region, the public chamber of the Russian Federation and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East (RAIPON) to hold an international meeting in the city of Salekhard, from 1 to 4 July 2007, dedicated to the study of experiences of interaction between indigenous peoples and the private sector, and expresses its appreciation for this invitation. The Permanent Forum also calls upon other States to follow the example of the Russian Federation.
Area of Work: Cooperation, Economic and Social Development
Paragraph Number: 74
Session: 20 (2021)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recognizes that as the global economy promises to “build back better” from the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that international financial institutions, including the World Bank, work in close consultation with indigenous peoples and invest in their communities. Indigenous peoples are partners in restarting the global economy while also maintaining their position given to them by birth as stewards of Mother Earth.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
