Addressee: UNDP

Paragraph #67Session #7 (2008)

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The Permanent Forum urges UNDP to strengthen its institutional capacity on indigenous peoples’ issues by establishing a task force to serve as a liaison mechanism between headquarters and focal points on indigenous issues at the country level. Furthermore, the Forum recommends that these focal points be specialists on indigenous peoples’ issues.

Responses

UNDP established the Indigenous Peoples-UNDP Liaison Committee, based at Headquarters in New York and composed of designated focal points from each UNDP practice, regional and substantive bureau.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 7 (2008)