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Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 40
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum recognizes that education systems must be culturally safe and support Indigenous Peoples’ languages. The Forum reiterates the urgent need for Member States to protect Indigenous Peoples’ languages, both spoken and written, during the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, by adopting appropriate laws and policies.
Area of Work: Indigenous Languages
Addressee: International community
Paragraph Number: 138
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum calls for increased investments in educational programmes and capacity-building initiatives that empower Indigenous Peoples to navigate legal and bureaucratic processes in managing their resources in keeping with their cultural and spiritual values and self-determined development. These initiatives should support the transmission of Indigenous knowledge and skills across generations, enhancing resilience and sustainability.
Area of Work: Capacity Building, Autonomy and Self-determination, Traditional Knowledge
Addressee: International community
Paragraph Number: 140
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum encourages collaborative research initiatives for innovative solutions to environmental challenges that engage Indigenous Peoples as equal partners, respecting and integrating Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems with so-called “Western” scientific research and fostering mutual learning and respect between Indigenous Peoples and the mainstream scientific community.
Area of Work: Climate Change, Participation, Traditional Knowledge
