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Addressee: EO-SG
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Executive Office of the Secretary-General urgently set up a meeting between the Permanent Forum and the High-level Panel on United Nations System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance, and the Environment to secure the integration of indigenous peoples’ perspectives into the ongoing process of furthering system-wide coherence.
Responses
The Government of Switzerland reports: “There is a need for enforced mainstreaming of indigenous rights throughout the United Nations system and in the policies of international development organizations, so that a coherent framework underpins all strategies and processes supporting the integration of indigenous issues in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.”
Final Report of UNPFII Session 5 (2006)
Area of Work
