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Addressee: UNFCCC
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum recommends that the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sponsor a workshop to discuss the merits and mechanisms for the establishment of a working group on indigenous peoples within the Conference of the Parties process, ensuring the participation of indigenous peoples from developed and undeveloped countries as well as interested member States.
Area of Work: Environment
Addressee: Member States, IPOs
Paragraph Number: 115
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that relevant States, in cooperation with the indigenous peoples concerned, establish indigenous peoples’ centres in urban areas to address their medical needs and provide legal and other forms of assistance.
Area of Work: Health, Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 22 (2023)
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The Permanent Forum is concerned that HIV acquisition rates are higher in Indigenous communities than in the general population. The Permanent Forum encourages the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to continue its focus on Indigenous Peoples.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: PFII, SPFII
Paragraph Number: 115
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum decides to appoint Michael Dodson and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Members of the Permanent Forum, as Special Rapporteurs to organize and undertake a technical review of the proposed international regime on access and benefit-sharing, as recommended in paragraph 48 (i) of the report of the international expert group meeting on the international regime on access and benefit-sharing and indigenous peoples’ human rights of the Convention on Biological Diversity (E/C.19/2007/8).
Area of Work: Cooperation, Environment
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 2 (2003)
Full Text:
The Forum recommends that the Special Rapporteur on the right to health pay special attention in his work to the right to health as contained in treaties between indigenous peoples and States.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: UNPFII, SPFII
Paragraph Number: 78
Session: 7 (2008)
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A recommendation for expert group meeting on water to carry out a close review and assessment of water allocation, regulation and access policies that affect the rights and health of indigenous peoples and to explore and establish indicators of water well-being for indigenous nations and the world community.
Area of Work: Environment
