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Indigenous Issues

A/RES/63/161No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 61aIndigenous issues, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2009–2011
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/198
  • 2011A/RES/65/198Indigenous issuesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2009A/RES/63/161Indigenous issues

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Indigenous OrganizationsIndigenous PeoplesInternational DecadesProgramme EvaluationSpecial RapporteursTrust Funds

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people to report on the implementation of his mandate to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session;
2
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, relevant United Nations organizations and mechanisms and other stakeholders, including indigenous organizations, to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session a midterm assessment report that evaluates progress made in the achievement of the goal and objectives of the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People;
3
Decides to adjust the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations so as to facilitate the participation of representatives of indigenous peoples’ organizations in the expert mechanism established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 6/36 of 14 December 2007.

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