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Addressee: UNICEF, UNFPA
Paragraph Number: 65
Session: 10 (2011)
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In support of their country-level programming, and with a view to a deeper appreciation of indigenous peoples’ perceptions of such interventions, UNICEF and UNFPA should undertake a study on the social, cultural, legal and spiritual institutions of indigenous peoples and how these affect the rights of women and children as laid out in local, regional and global frameworks.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: UNICEF, WHO, Member States
Paragraph Number: 65
Session: 6 (2007)
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Calling attention to the high rates of suicide among indigenous youth in some countries, the Permanent Forum reiterates its call for States and relevant national aboriginal health bodies to convene a meeting to assess the root causes of indigenous youth suicide and to formulate preventive strategies. The Forum reiterates its call on UNICEF and WHO to convene a meeting on youth suicide.
Area of Work: Health, Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: PAHO, WHO
Paragraph Number: 60
Session: 16 (2017)
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The Permanent Forum notes the initiative of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to develop a new health plan for indigenous youth in Latin America and invites PAHO/WHO to report on progress achieved in implementing the plan to the Forum at its seventeenth session.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth, Health
Addressee: ECOSOC, UNGA
Paragraph Number: 60
Session: 18 (2019)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly ensure the meaningful participation of indigenous peoples and the Forum at the meetings of the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development, to be convened under the auspices of the Council and the Assembly in July and September 2019, respectively. The Forum stresses that the contributions of indigenous peoples to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda should be adequately reflected in the outcome document of the high-level political forums convened under the auspices of the Council and of the Assembly.
Area of Work: 2030 Agenda, HLPF
