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Addressee: Member States; UN entities
Paragraph Number: 77
Session: 22 (2023)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum urges Member States and relevant United Nations entities to ensure the right and access to media by and for Indigenous Peoples, as enshrined in article 16 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It calls upon Member States to cooperate with Indigenous journalists, as well as with OHCHR and other relevant United Nations entities, on the effective protection of Indigenous journalists from criminalization and violence.
Area of Work: Media and Journalism
Addressee: UNICEF
Paragraph Number: 77
Session: 10 (2011)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum decides to appoint Myrna Cunningham and Alvaro Pop to prepare jointly with UNICEF a report on the situation of indigenous children in Latin America and the Caribbean and to present it to the Forum at its eleventh 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
