Addressee: Member States, UN agencies

Paragraph #93Session #4 (2005)

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The Forum on Indigenous Issues is deeply concerned that particular problems and discrimination are faced by indigenous children and youth, including in the areas of education, health, culture, extreme poverty, mortality, sexual exploitation, militarization, displacement, incarceration, labour and others

Responses

The Government of Mexico states the following in its report to the fifth session (E/C.19/2006/4/Add.3): The Coordinating Office for Intercultural Bilingual Education (CGEIB) participated in the binational meeting of the Binational Migrant Education Program in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and another information meeting with Guatemalan ministerial advisers and authorities. Thirteen stock photograph exhibitions were held and two videos produced by CGEIB were presented. A campaign on the theme of educational inclusion will be conducted in collaboration with the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination, with which joint activities are being carried out.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)