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Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 11
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum emphasizes the essential role of Indigenous Peoples’ languages and cultural practices in self-determination and urges Member States to adopt stronger measures to protect them from erosion and loss. The Forum decries the ongoing destruction of cultural heritage sites and the loss of Indigenous Peoples’ languages, urging immediate protective measures through robust legal and policy frameworks aligned with the Declaration.
Area of Work: Autonomy and Self-determination, Indigenous Languages
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 83
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum urges actions by States in addressing the racism suffered by Inuit peoples, particularly those residing outside Inuit Nunaat. The Forum is concerned about the high incidence of child removals by child welfare systems legitimized by psychometric tests adapted to non-Inuit peoples.
Area of Work: Human Rights, Indigenous Children and Youth
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 116
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum invites Member States to consider adopting an International Day of the Arts at the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly in recognition of the arts in all their expressions, including Indigenous arts.
Area of Work: International Day of the Arts, Culture
