Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 66aRights of indigenous peoples, published in 2014.

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15 versions · 2012–2025

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Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the rights of indigenous peoples, takes note of his report, and encourages all Governments to respond favourably to his requests for visits;

Takes note of the outcome document of the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held in Alta, Norway, in June 2013, and other proposals made by indigenous peoples, and recommends that the four themes identified in the outcome document be taken into account when considering the specific themes for the round-table and interactive panel discussions for the World Conference, and that the Alta outcome document, as well as other proposals made by indigenous peoples, be taken into account when preparing the outcome document of the World Conference;

Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations and the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, and invites indigenous organizations and private institutions and individuals to do likewise;

Encourages those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) to consider doing so and to consider supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,Error: Reference source not found and welcomes the increased support by States for the Declaration;

Encourages States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, to take the appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to achieve the goals of the Declaration;

Encourages all interested parties, in particular indigenous peoples, to disseminate and consider good practices at different levels as a practical guide on how to attain the goals of the Declaration;

Stresses the need to strengthen the commitment of States and the entities of the United Nations system to mainstream the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples into the development agenda at the national, regional and international levels, and encourages giving due consideration to the rights of indigenous peoples in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda;

Decides to continue, at its sixty-ninth session, its consideration of ways and means of promoting the participation of representatives of indigenous peoples at meetings of relevant United Nations bodies and other relevant United Nations meetings and processes on issues affecting indigenous peoples, on the basis of the rules of procedure of such bodies and existing procedural rules and regulations of the United Nations, taking into account the report of the Secretary-General, existing practices for the accreditation of representatives of indigenous peoples at the United Nations and the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

Requests that United Nations entities further enhance their coordination and intensify their efforts towards a more coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach to the rights of indigenous peoples through, inter alia, the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues and the United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership, and calls upon the United Nations entities, in close collaboration with Member States, organizations, institutions and representatives of indigenous peoples, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and relevant partners, to develop additional measures to continue to support national, regional and international efforts to advance the rights of indigenous peoples;

Decides to change the title of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples;

Also decides to continue consideration of the question at its sixty-ninth session under the item entitled “Rights of indigenous peoples”.

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