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Addressee: Member States
Paragraph Number: 39
Session: 16 (2017)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum encourages States to continue cooperating with indigenous peoples to develop fair, transparent and effective mechanisms for the repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains, at the national and international levels.
Area of Work: Culture
Addressee: Australia, Colombia
Paragraph Number: 39
Session: 8 (2009)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recognizes and commends Australia and Colombia for changing their positions by endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and calls upon the remaining States that are opposed to it, as well as those abstaining, to reverse their positions and endorse the Declaration so as to achieve full consensus.
Area of Work: Human rights
