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Addressee: Member States

Paragraph Number: 98
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum also recommends to Member States that the development agenda beyond 2015 recognize, protect and strengthen indigenous peoples’ collective rights, in particular the right to land, territories and natural resources.

Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, MDGs
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Addressee: IFIs

Paragraph Number: 54
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that international financial institutions unequivocally acknowledge the collective right of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources in their safeguard policies and in all development project contexts (not merely in exceptional circumstances). Banks should not support any projects that affect indigenous peoples without prior recognition of and effective guarantees for their collective rights to own, control and manage their lands, territories and resources.

Area of Work: Economic and Social Development