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Addressee: WHO, PAHO
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 18 (2019)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that WHO, in coordination with PAHO, engage indigenous health experts in efforts to eradicate tuberculosis, including through intercultural approaches, and to report to the Forum at its nineteenth session.
Area of Work: Health
Addressee: UNFPA, PAHO, IASG
Paragraph Number: 52
Session: 17 (2018)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the WHO End TB Strategy and the Global Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis, in collaboration with UNFPA, PAHO and the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples ’ Issues, organize an expert group meeting on tuberculosis by 2020 to analyse the sociocultural an d economic determinants of health for the prevention, care and treatment of tuberculosis in indigenous communities, with the cooperation of the Forum, in order to ensure the realization of target 3 of Sustainable Development Goal 3. The Forum also recommends the review of the Moscow Declaration to End TB, which considers indigenous peoples to be disproportionately affected by tuberculosis.
Area of Work: Health, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Addressee: General Assembly
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 13 (2014)
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The Permanent Forum further urges the General Assembly to proclaim an international year of the world’s indigenous children and youth.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: UNICEF, Member States
Paragraph Number: 47
Session: 12 (2013)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum takes notes of the recent publication of the adolescent-friendly version of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by UNICEF, the Forum and the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus. The Forum recommends that UNICEF, Member States and indigenous peoples translate this publication into all languages, in particular indigenous languages. The Forum also recommends that Member States, indigenous peoples and others use this publication in the curricula of studies of indigenous and non-indigenous youth.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
