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Addressee: UNICEF
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 10 (2011)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that UNICEF allocate at least one fellowship to an indigenous young person from each region every year for a term of at least three months, to empower indigenous youth and promote knowledge and experience regarding the United Nations system and the work of the Fund, and including financial support.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:
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
Paragraph Number: 105
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum urges the members of the advisory council for the Voluntary Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People to allocate funds to indigenous youth-initiated projects and activities
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: Anne Nuorgam
Paragraph Number: 105
Session: 16 (2017)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum appoints Anne Nuorgam, a member of the Forum, to undertake a study to examine freshwater fishing and hunting rights of indigenous peoples, to be submitted to the Forum at its seventeenth session.
Area of Work: Environment
