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Addressee: FAO, IFAD
Paragraph Number: 64
Session: 11 (2012)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) provide special attention and support to food sovereignty and security concerns of indigenous peoples through thematic studies, the adoption of participatory methodologies, and technical and financial assistance.
Area of Work: Human rights, Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 65
Session: 11 (2012)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that States formally recognize shifting cultivation as a traditional occupation for indigenous peoples that is closely related to their social and cultural identity and integrity and take effective measures to stop all discriminatory acts targeted at indigenous peoples’ practice of shifting cultivation in line with the provisions of ILO Conventions Nos. 169 and 111, ILO Recommendation No. 104 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including through the delineation and the titling of the territories and lands concerned.
Area of Work: Culture, Economic and Social Development
