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Addressee: UN-HABITAT, OHCHR
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The Forum, taking note with appreciation of the conclusions and
recommendations of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHabitat) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights joint publication entitled “Indigenous peoples’ right to adequate housing: a global overview”, recommends that UN-Habitat, jointly with the Office of the High Commissioner, organize an expert group meeting in 2006 to review the status of progress on indigenous peoples’ housing rights globally and identify and document best practices, and report on the outcome and recommendations of the meeting to the Forum at its sixth session.
Responses
OHCHR reports that the seminar, organized by UN-HABITAT, OHCHR and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum and funded by the Government of Canada, is to be held in March 2007. Additional information will be provided during the upcoming session of the Permanent Forum.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)
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