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The Permanent Forum wishes to express its appreciation to the Inter-Agency Support Group for its contribution to the work of the Forum, and encourages all United Nations agencies to join the Group, particularly those whose area of work is of special relevance for the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples, such as the World Health Organization.
Responses
The WHO will be chairing the IASG in 2009-2010 and hosting its annual meeting in Geneva.
DESA reports: 34. Apart from the Commission on Sustainable Development process, the Division for Sustainable Development also supports indigenous peoples’ active involvementin the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on sustainable consumption and production, and recognizes 19 multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development that are currently working with and/or for indigenous communities at the local, regional and global levels to address issues related to water, agricultural heritage, land, biodiversity protection and biotrade development. Representatives of the Division participate regularly in the Permanent Forum Inter-Agency Support Group, and participated in a Non-Governmental Liaison Service Working Seminar on the United Nations and People’s Organizations, held on 3 and 4 November 2008. The Division for Sustainable Development has also contributed its expertise and experience in the Service’s study on engaging social/peoples’ organizations and movements: an essential step towards enhanced legitimacy of the United Nations global governance processes, to be issued in the spring of 2009.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 7 (2008)
Area of Work
