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Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends that States consider constitutional and other legal reform and educational reform to recognize and respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and spiritual practices, within the framework of international human rights standards, and to eliminate all forms of discrimination and segregation that has deepened historic inequalities.
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: UN System, Member States,
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum reiterates its recommendations emanating from the Workshop on Data Collection and Disaggregation for Indigenous Peoples (see E/C.19/2004/2), in particular recommendations 16-22 and 24.
Area of Work: Data Collection and Indicators
Addressee: Les Malezer
Paragraph Number: 107
Session: 16 (2017)
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The Permanent Forum appoints Les Malezer, a member of the Forum, to undertake a study on indigenous peoples and sustainable development, to be submitted to the Forum at its seventeenth session.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 8 (2009)
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The Permanent Forum commends the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people for his efforts on behalf of indigenous peoples around the world and recommends that he continue his work in conformity with the principles he has established.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 12 (2013)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the outcome of the consultation entitled “Realizing the future we want in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards a
post-2015 development agenda”, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, in April 2013 at the initiative of the Government of Mexico, and values the good practice of exchange with other stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector and businesses. The Forum recommends that other Member States follow the same good practice.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development, MDGs
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 107
Session: 2 (2003)
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The Forum recommends that concerned State Governments conduct workshops, training courses and other programmes for indigenous peoples, on a regular basis, to enhance their interest in the cultural diversity of the world and thus increase awareness about preserving distinct indigenous peoples’ culture.
Area of Work: Education
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 18 (2019)
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The Permanent Forum welcomes the organization of the informal interactive hearing by the President of the General Assembly to reflect on possible further measures necessary to enhance the participation of the representatives and institutions of indigenous peoples in all meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them. The Forum urges Member States to convene, in cooperation with indigenous peoples, regional meetings in each of the seven sociocultural regions to discuss modalities in this regard.
Area of Work: Enhanced Participation at the UN
Addressee: Convention on Biological Diversity
Paragraph Number: 107
Session: 9 (2010)
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The Permanent Forum congratulates the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity for considering the important role of indigenous peoples in its activities related to the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 and recommends that it fund and organize a workshop on indigenous peoples and biological diversity as part of its celebration of the Year.
Area of Work: Environment
Addressee: OHCHR
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 10 (2011)
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The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues welcomes the proposal made by the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the report on its third session, which encourages OHCHR to hold an international expert seminar on truth and reconciliation processes. This proposal of the Expert Mechanism recognizes the importance of national truth and reconciliation processes for improving relations between States and indigenous peoples and for facilitating strengthened recognition and implementation of the rights of indigenous peoples.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Member States, Special Rapporteur on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 6 (2007)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that relevant States with indigenous peoples invite the Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples to undertake country visits. The Special Rapporteur should give priority to invitations from those countries where indigenous peoples have expressed concerns about their capacity to fully enjoy and freely exercise their human rights.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: OHCHR
Paragraph Number: 107
Session: 3 (2004)
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The Forum recognizes and applauds other indigenous fellowship programmes, in particular the fellowship programme established and funded by the regular budget of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the newly established fellowship programme of the ILO. Furthermore, the Forum particularly recognizes the capacity-building efforts of the indigenous fellowship programme of the Office and requests that, in order to complement their Geneva based training, the indigenous fellows at the Office should participate, on an annual basis, in the sessions of the Forum. Further consideration should also be given to provide some time for training at the secretariat of the Forum, during non-sessional periods.
Area of Work: Human rights
Addressee: Nordic States
Paragraph Number: 95
Session: 7 (2008)
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The Permanent Forum notes that the draft Nordic Saami Convention stands out as an example of good practice in empowering indigenous peoples to preserve and revitalize their languages. The Forum therefore encourages the Nordic States to support the process of the Saami Convention with a view to their adoption of it in due course.
Area of Work: Indigenous Languages
