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Addressee: Member states
Paragraph Number: 58
Session: 20 (2021)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum welcomes the recent decision to establish an Ibero-American Institute of Indigenous Languages, with the support of the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean and member States of the region, within the framework of the XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Soldeu, Andorra, in April 2021, and encourages other regions to follow this initiative.
Area of Work: International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032)
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 6
Session: 22 (2023)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that Member States support, financially and in every other way, Indigenous Peoples’ development of their own strategies in revitalizing, strengthening and developing their languages parallel to other efforts under the Global Action Plan.
Area of Work: Indigenous Languages, International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032)
Addressee: Committee on the Rights of the Child, OHCHR
Paragraph Number: 6
Session: 2 (2003)
Full Text:
The Forum welcomes the participation of the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in the high-level panel and dialogue on indigenous children and youth held during its second session, and expresses the hope that that will lead to enhanced monitoring and promotion of the rights of indigenous children at the national and international levels. The Forum recommends that the Chairman of the Committee inform the next meeting of the Chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies of the results of the high-level panel and dialogue. The Forum recommends that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights transmit the results of the discussion of the Committee to the Forum at its third session.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 58
Session: 16 (2017)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that States provide financial support to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples to facilitate the participation of indigenous youth in key United Nations meetings and processes most relevant to indigenous issues.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: UN System, Member States, NGOs
Paragraph Number: 58
Session: 5 (2006)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum is deeply concerned that the problems and discrimination facing indigenous children and youth are not reflected in the Millennium Development Goals, and it urges States and United Nations organizations to develop culturally sensitive policies, programmes and projects that fully incorporate indigenous children and youth into achieving the Goals.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth, MDGs
