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Promote and support the utilization of local indigenous languages and, where no written languages exist, employ local indigenous people (as translators/interpreters as well as advisers) to assist in the collection process
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The Government of Argentina states the following in its report to the Fifth session (E/C.19/2006/4):
On the basis of the census results, a household data sample was produced, including households in which at least one person identified himself or herself as indigenous, with the aim of conducting a broader, deeper survey. Thus the Supplementary Survey of Indigenous Peoples 2004-2005 (ECPI) represents the second phase in the data-collection process, being specifically addressed at indigenous peoples and including all peoples belonging to indigenous groups in Argentine territory. The data collection phase of the ECPI has been completed but the data processing and dissemination phase is ongoing. Basic census information may be consulted on the website of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (www.indec.gov.ar).
The participation of indigenous peoples in the various stages of the data-collection and data-processing exercise was fundamental to conducting the ECPI.
The use of local indigenous languges was systematically guaranteed under the ECPI because only indigenous workers were involved. In the case of households in which only the native language is spoken, the indigenous enumerators conducted the survey in the native language and then translated the responses into Spanish.
UNESCO: In 2005 the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), in collaboration with the Communication Sector, produced the report "Measuring Linguistic Diversity on the Internet", for the Tunis World Summit on the Information Society. The report addresses the barriers linguistic minorities face in using the internet and its arguments can be applied to problems linguistic minorities have in accessing other services, as well as the difficulties in monitoring such issues. The report is available in English and French on the UIS website: www.uis.unesco.org.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)
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