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Addressee: WHO, UNICEF

Paragraph Number: 8
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum reiterates its previous recommendations that address the alarming number of suicides among indigenous youth. The Forum encourages community organization for safe spaces and low-threshold health services, respecting non-discrimination, in particular where discrimination based on ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation is concerned. The United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), should emphasize the provision of mental health services, with particular efforts to address suicide among indigenous youth.

Area of Work: Health
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Addressee: Special Rapporteur on toxic waste, Committee on the Rights on the Child, UNEP and WHO

Paragraph Number: 74
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends that the Special Rapporteur on toxic waste, with the participation of the Committee on the Rights on the Child, UNEP and WHO, conduct a workshop on the impacts of persistent organic pollutants and pesticides on indigenous peoples, including examining the promotion and use of pesticides by multinational corporations.

Area of Work: Health