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Paragraph #82Session #10 (2011)

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The Permanent Forum urges States to recognize and protect indigenous peoples’ cultural right to water and, through legislation and policy, to support the right of indigenous peoples to hunt and gather food resources from waters used for cultural, economic and commercial purposes. This is consistent with article 25 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 10 (2011)

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Human rights, Environment, Culture