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The Forum recommends that United Nations country offices make the effort to disseminate their activities in publications in indigenous languages
Responses
The ILO has funded the translation of Convention No. 169 into several languages, including indigenous languages. These translations are available at http://www.ilo.org/indigenous. It is foreseen that various training materials will be translated into indigenous languages for the purposes of country-level activities.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) carried out a study in Brazil with the active participation of native Brazilians on the analysis of the living conditions of approximately 8,500 indigenous people who live in 91 Satere-Mawe settlements along the shores of major rivers and creeks of the Andira-Marau area. On the basis of the study, UNFPA and UNICEF published Satere-Mawe: The Portrait of Indigenous People in 2005, which doucments the low quality of prenatal services, the low coverage of birth registration and the gradual disappearance of the Satere-Mawe language. The report will be translated into the Satere-Mawe language, thus becoming accessible to many indigenous chieftains, teachers and health providers, thus furthering a process of change from within. Please see E/C.19/2006/6/Add.7.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)
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