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Addressee: Member States, Indigenous People's Organisations
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The Permanent Forum recommends that all States work in equal partnership with indigenous peoples to develop, implement and evaluate indicators on well-being that provide an overview of the social and economic status of indigenous peoples within a holistic, integrated framework. The Forum also recommends that States invest adequate resources, in accordance with their human rights obligations, to address the indigenous social and economic needs identified by the indicator framework.
Responses
Mexico's National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI) is responsible for identifying socio-demographic, economic and cultural characteristics of indigenous peoples and regions and for designing and executing procedures to verify the reliability of information and indicators on development and backwardness in certain indigenous regions, municipalities and villages. The aim of the operation is to establish a system of information and indicators on Mexico’s indigenous peoples that would serve as a tool for assessing the status of their integral and sustainable development, as well as a framework for public policymaking and for increasing their informed participation in decision-making and thereby expanding their opportunities to choose their own lifestyle. All CDI programmes and projects correspond to the reality reflected by the indicators and establish actions aimed at improving the economic, social and cultural situation of indigenous peoples and communities. They serve as a complement to many other activities being implemented under the programmes and projects of other Government departments and entities.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 6 (2007)
Area of Work
