Addressee: FAO

Paragraph #111Session #17 (2018)

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The Permanent Forum recommends that FAO create a technical working group on the collective rights of indigenous peoples to lands, territories and resources, which will provide technical outputs and publications informing indigenous peoples and the Forum.

Responses

In 2018, FAO funded and provided technical assistance to several initiatives regarding the implementation of the VGGT at country level (details available in the following sections). Regarding recommendation 111 on the establishment of a technical working group on the collective rights of indigenous peoples to lands, territories and resources, FAO will look into this over the coming months. The technical working group will work closely with the FAO Inter-departmental Working Group on VGGT and the FAO Indigenous Peoples Team.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 17 (2018)