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Addressee: Member States, UN System, IPOs
Paragraph Number: 136
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that States, United Nations organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations elaborate and develop strategies and action plans for communication, education and public awareness on indigenous issues during the Second International Decade, addressing different audiences. Toolkits should also be developed for use in the implementation of such plans.
Area of Work: Second Decade
Addressee: WIPO, UNESCO, CBD Secretariat, UN entities
Paragraph Number: 66
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum urges the World Intellectual Property Organization, UNESCO, the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and other relevant United Nations entities to align their internal policies, within their respective mandates, so as to recognize and protect the collective intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples in respect of their creations, discoveries, traditional knowledge and knowledge of biodiversity. The Permanent Forum invites the above-mentioned United Nations entities to report back to future sessions on the progress made in that regard.
Area of Work: Intellectual Property
Addressee: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
Paragraph Number: 66
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum acknowledges the existence of gender-diverse Indigenous Peoples, including two-spirit peoples, worldwide, and calls upon the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples to ensure that two -spirit Indigenous Peoples are not prevented from participating in United Nations processes.
Area of Work: Gender, Participation
