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Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 20 (2021)
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The Permanent Forum urgently recommends that the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with the Permanent Forum and other relevant entities, create a permanent working group to evaluate the ongoing situation of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact, and to design, promote and discuss with Governments and other institutions the implementation of urgent measures for the protection of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: UNICEF
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum urges UNICEF, the lead United Nations agency on children, to adopt a policy relating to indigenous children. The Permanent Forum urges UNICEF to include questions on ethnicity, cultural and tribal affiliation and language in its Demographic and Health and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, in order to obtain disaggregated data on the goals set forth at the World Summit for Children and the health needs of indigenous children.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum notes that various United Nations treaty bodies have repeatedly called on the Governments of Finland and Sweden to clarify and affirm the Sámi people’s rights to land and fishing, including hunting and reindeer grazing rights. The Forum urges Finland and Sweden to take action in accordance with these recommendations, without further delay. The Permanent Forum further calls on Norway to reach an agreement with the Sámi Parliament on the draft mineral act.
Area of Work: Environment
Addressee: World Health Assembly
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum, bearing in mind the contributions of indigenous peoples’ traditional medicines to the recovery from the pandemic, invites the World Health Assembly to declare an international year of indigenous peoples’ traditional medicines by 2025.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: Member States, UN Systems/UN Agencies
Paragraph Number: 57
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum takes note of the following reports: (a)“Cultural indicators for food security, food sovereignty and sustainable development”, from the second Global Consultation on the Right to Food, Food Security and Food Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples, held in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, from 7 to 9 September 2006;(b) The Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting on indicators, held in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua in September 2006;(c)Meeting on indigenous peoples and indicators of well-being; Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, 22 and 23 March 2006; (d)Asia Regional Workshop on Indicators Relevant for Indigenous Peoples, Convention on Biological Diversity and Millennium Development Goals, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines, November 2006;(e)African Regional Expert Workshop on Indicators of Well-being and Indigenous Peoples, Nairobi, November 2006.--The Permanent Forum further recommends that United Nations agencies, Member States and indigenous peoples utilize these indicators and support further efforts to develop them and to test some of these indicators in some countries.
Area of Work: Environment
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 6 (2007)
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Drawing attention to the dramatic changes in the lifestyles of indigenous peoples and the ensuing deterioration of indigenous health due to malnutrition and obesity, including record high rates of diabetes and related illnesses such as hypertension, heart attacks, kidney failure and blindness, the Permanent Forum calls upon WHO, UNICEF, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, WFP and FAO to develop joint strategies to address the problem of diabetes and related non-communicable lifestyle illnesses. Given the alarming prevalence of diabetes among indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum calls upon WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to establish a systematic working relationship with the Permanent Forum and the Inter-Agency Support Group to exchange experiences on health initiatives in the area of treatment and prevention of the illness, especially given their role in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: SCBD
Paragraph Number: 57
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends the establishment of an international ethical code on bio-prospecting in order to avoid bio-piracy and ensure the respect for indigenous cultural and intellectual heritage. Under the framework of the Convention, a mechanism should be established for the repatriation and devolution of genetic materials collections to indigenous peoples. The Forum recommends to the Convention secretariat that the global taxonomy initiative incorporate an ethical principles and social framework for the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights to their lands, traditional knowledge and resources before its implementation.
Area of Work: Environment
