Addressee: United Nations Division of Statistics

Paragraph #81Session #4 (2005)

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The Forum recommends that the United Nations Statistics Division mainstream statistical issues pertaining to indigenous peoples in the development of handbooks and guidelines. The Forum also recommends that the Statistics Division continue to coordinate with the regional commissions and consider that part of their work that is relevant to indigenous people and census operations in the revision of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses

Responses

One of the major activities o the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch has been the coordination of the drafting of Principles and Recommendations for Population and Houscing Censuses revision 1. One of the areas to be updated and reviewed is ethnicity taking into account relevant issues pertaining to indigenous peoples. The experts are drafting the revised section having consulted the Report of the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)