Welcome to the United Nations
Addressee: Indigenous Parliamentarians, IPU
Full Text
The Permanent Forum welcomes the collaboration with indigenous parliamentarians during the tenth session of the Forum. It encourages the parliamentarians and other elected indigenous representatives from national, regional and local decision-making bodies to establish an international network or organization in order to share common experiences, including those related to the implementation of the Declaration in legislative and other democratic bodies. It further encourages the Inter-Parliamentary Union to install a liaising body with the indigenous parliamentarians to strengthen awareness of the Declaration. The Forum calls upon indigenous parliamentarians to promote the necessary legislative reforms for implementation of the Declaration.
Responses
OHCHR, UNDP, IPU, IFAD and SPFII are jointly working on a draft Handbook for Parliamentarians on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This handbook will serve as a guide for Parliamentarians to promote the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in parliaments.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 10 (2011)
Area of Work
