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Addressee: Donors, SPFII, UN-HABITAT
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The Permanent Forum recommends that an expert group meeting on urban indigenous peoples and migration be organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in cooperation with the secretariat of the Permanent Forum with the participation of the members of the Permanent Forum, experts from indigenous organizations, the United Nations system and other relevant intergovernmental organizations and interested Governments, for the purpose of formulating recommendations for consideration, as part of its preparatory work for the sixth session. The Permanent Forum requests donors to provide financial resources for this expert group meeting. The Permanent Forum invites the International Organization for Migration to assist in the preparations for this meeting.
Responses
IOM participated in the Expert Group Meeting on Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration, held from 27 to 29 March 2007 in Santiago, and organized by the UN-Habitat and the ECLAC, in cooperation with the SPFII. IOM provided an overview of the impact of migration on indigenous peoples, while recognizing the cultural particularities of their migration. IOM input provided the perspective of an international organization working with specific indigenous communities in Latin America. As a result of the participation of indigenous experts in the Expert Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Migration, IOM was able to recommend indigenous experts representing the Pacific and Latin America regions.
UN-HABITAT reports that, with generous funding from the Government of Canada, this expert group meeting was held from 27 to 29 March 2007 at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago. The meeting was convened by UN-Habitat and the OHCHR within the framework of UNHRP, along with CELADE and IOM. The overall goal of the meeting was to contribute to improving the living conditions of urban indigenous peoples and the realization of their human rights. Detailed information on the meeting and preceding activities is available in the document E/C.19/2007/3/ADD.13. The summary report will be submitted to the sixth session of the Permanent Forum and a publication containing all papers, presentations, deliberations and policy recommendations from the meeting will be made available on the website of the UN Housing Rights Programme and other participating organizations.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 5 (2006)
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