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Addressee: World Bank
Paragraph Number: 60
Session: 12 (2013)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum recommends that the World Bank, in consultation with the Forum and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, examine the involuntary resettlement of indigenous peoples in connection with projects financed by the Bank and submit a report thereon in 2014.
Area of Work: Economic and Social Development
Addressee: IPOs, IP
Paragraph Number: 67
Session: 12 (2013)
Full Text:
The Permanent Forum, noting the significance for indigenous peoples of the negotiations under way at WIPO on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, strongly encourages representatives of indigenous peoples to participate in those negotiations, consistent with article 18 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Area of Work: Traditional Knowledge
