Welcome to the United Nations
Displaying 1 - 12 of 228
Paragraph Number: 141
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum invites the World Health Organization, as lead agency on Millennium Development Goals 4, 5, and 6 with UNDP, the World Intellectual Property Organization and other relevant agencies and States, to partner with the Forum to organize, host and report to the Forum at its next session on methods, processes and best practices of integrating indigenous traditional knowledge, medicine, healing and other health practices in mainstream health-care systems and sensitizing health personnel concerning the protection of indigenous knowledge systems
Area of Work: Traditional Knowledge
Addressee: Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG), Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII)
Paragraph Number: 140
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum recommends that the Inter-Agency Support Group convene a technical workshop on indigenous traditional knowledge, in collaboration with United Nations agencies dealing with this issue, with the participation of indigenous experts, with a view to promoting a collaborative, complementary and holistic approach to traditional knowledge in order to enhance better understanding of indigenous concerns and their possible solution and requests the workshop to submit its report to the Forum at its fifth session
Area of Work: Traditional Knowledge
Paragraph Number: 122
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum expresses its appreciation to all those who contributed to the Trust Fund for the support of the Forum and calls upon Governments, intergovernmental organizations, foundations and non-governmental organizations to give generously to the Fund
Area of Work: Second Decade, Methods of Work
Paragraph Number: 144
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum encourages national committees for the Decade, where those exist, to invite members of the Forum to participate in the activities of these committees
Area of Work: Second Decade
Paragraph Number: 142
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
In order to mark the expected adoption of the plan of action for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People by the General Assembly at its sixtieth session, the Permanent Forum decides to organize a special day of discussion on a Program of Action during its fifth session, in 2006, and invites the Coordinator of the Decade and the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to initiate the awareness-raising campaign of the Second International Decade
Area of Work: Second Decade
Addressee: Special Rapporteur, Member States
Paragraph Number: 38
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum calls for the dissemination and full implementation of the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur's reports on the relationships of indigenous peoples and land rights, and on permanent sovereignty of indigenous peoples over their natural resources and invites the Special Rapporteur, through the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, to present an updated report at the next session of the Forum
Area of Work: MDGs
Paragraph Number: 134
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum recommends that in order to raise further awareness of indigenous peoples and the Millennium Development Goals, the Economic and Social Council High-level Segment to be held from 29 June to 1 July 2005, and the General Assembly Summit to be held in September 2005 allow presentations of recommendations of the Forum at its fourth session on the Millennium Development Goals by the Chairperson of the Forum
Area of Work: Methods of Work, MDGs
Addressee: Indigenous Peoples
Paragraph Number: 139
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum encourages organizers of pre-sessional regional meetings of indigenous peoples to develop suggestions and recommendations for the Forum to consider and encourages its members to participate in such meetings
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: UNPFII
Paragraph Number: 136
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
With a view to strengthening collaboration during the intersessional period, and further developing expert recommendations to member organizations of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues, the Forum decides to increase visits by its members to these entities to carry out an in-depth analysis of the programs, activities and operations at the international, regional and national levels
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: UN country teams, Un agencies country teams
Paragraph Number: 132
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum recommends the designation of focal points in the United Nations country teams or the country offices of United Nations agencies, funds and programs, with a mandate to deal with indigenous issues, inter alia, to follow-up on the implementation of recommendations of the Forum, and the objectives of the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: UN system, Member States, Indigenous Peoples organisations, and intergovernmental organisations.
Paragraph Number: 129
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum decides to devote sufficient time during its fifth session to special events for the purpose of identifying the issues, challenges and positive measures of cooperation required to improve the situation of indigenous peoples in the above-mentioned regions (North America, the Arctic, the Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America) and invites the United Nations system, as well as relevant Governments, regional intergovernmental institutions and organizations, and indigenous peoples organizations to contribute to these special events
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
Addressee: UN system, Member States
Paragraph Number: 124
Session: 4 (2005)
Full Text:
The Forum invites the agencies and Governments submitting contributions also to indicate in future the challenges that they face in the implementation of the Forum's recommendations
Area of Work: Methods of Work, Cooperation
