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Addressee: United Nations agencies and other bodies
Paragraph Number: 93
Session: 9 (2010)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum encourages United Nations agencies and other bodies to offer training programmes for Canadian and national parliamentarians and United States members of Congress, and staff within national institutions such as human rights commissions and other agencies, with the aim of integrating the spirit and intent of the Declaration into national policies.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Governments of Canada and the United States
Paragraph Number: 98
Session: 9 (2010)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that the Governments of Canada and the United States address the border issues, such as those related to the Mohawk Nation and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, by taking effective measures to implement article 36 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which states that indigenous peoples divided by international borders have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation with their own members as well as other peoples across borders.
Area of Work: Human rights
