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Addressee: Bilateral Donors
Paragraph Number: 42
Session: 5 (2006)
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The Permanent Forum recommends that bilateral donors increase official development assistance (ODA) to the level of 0.7 per cent of gross national product, as agreed in the outcome document of the International Conference on Financing for Development, as stated in the Millennium Development Goals and as reaffirmed in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, and also recommends that the donors ensure that targeted ODA is available for indigenous peoples. ODA will be used primarily for reinforcing indigenous peoples’ own priorities and for programmes to promote their development with identity.
Area of Work: MDGs
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 4 (2005)
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The United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations and donor agencies should implement, at the country level, existing policies on indigenous peoples or develop such policies if they do not exist, and should strengthen the capacity of institutions to implement such policies and programs in an effective and sustainable manner
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 17 (2018)
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Recalling articles 3–4, 8, 18, 25–26 and 32 of the Declaration, the Permanent Forum urges African States to promote, recognize and protect the collective rights of indigenous peoples to their lands, territories and resources through the development of mechanisms to ensure the legal recognition of land and resource rights, the resolution of land disputes, fair and equitable redress, and the creation of permanent dialogue frameworks to facilitate political participation and representation of indigenous peoples in decision-making.
Area of Work: Participation, lands and resources
Addressee: Member States of the Sahel and Congo basin
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 21 (2022)
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The Permanent Forum is concerned by issues related to land tenure, the collective rights of indigenous peoples, customary rights, land-grabbing and the closure of transhumance corridors. The Permanent Forum therefore recommends that States of the Sahel and the Congo basin establish a legal framework to consolidate their national and local land tenure regimes with a view to resolving conflicts peacefully. In addition, those States should enhance access to justice for the aff ected indigenous pastoralists and provide training for judicial officials on those issues.
Area of Work: Cooperation, Lands and Resources
Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 19
Session: 22 (2023)
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The accessibility of general recommendation No. 39 to Indigenous Peoples is crucial to ensure its effective implementation and impact on the ground. The Permanent Forum recommends its translation into Indigenous languages spoken by Indigenous Peoples in their States before the end of 2032.
Area of Work: Indigenous Women and Girls, Indigenous Languages
Addressee: UN entities
Paragraph Number: 42
Session: 23 (2024)
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The Permanent Forum urges United Nations entities to strengthen and facilitate the engagement of Indigenous youth in decision-making processes across all United Nations processes. Initiatives should focus on mentorship, capacity-building, knowledge exchange and the creation of advisory roles specific to Indigenous youth and Indigenous youth caucuses that facilitate active participation and leadership.
Area of Work: Indigenous Children and Youth
