Outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General
Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
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implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them, in
accordance with the applicable principles of the Declaration.
4.
We reaffirm our solemn commitment to respect, promote and advance and in
no way diminish the rights of indigenous peoples and to uphold the principles of the
Declaration.
5.
In addition to the Declaration, we recall the other major achievements of the
past two decades in building an international framework for the advancement of the
rights and aspirations of the world’s indigenous peoples, including the establishment
of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the creation of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the establishment of the
mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. We commit
ourselves to giving due consideration to recommendations and advice issued by
those bodies in cooperation with indigenous peoples.
6.
We encourage those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the
International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
(No. 169),3 to consider doing so. We recall the obligation of ratifying States under
the Convention to develop coordinated and systematic action to protect the rights of
indigenous peoples.
7.
We commit ourselves to taking, in consultation and cooperation with
indigenous peoples, appropriate measures at the national level, including legislative,
policy and administrative measures, to achieve the ends of the Declaration and to
promote awareness of it among all sectors of society, including members of
legislatures, the judiciary and the civil service.
8.
We commit ourselves to cooperating with indigenous peoples, through their
own representative institutions, to develop and implement national action plans,
strategies or other measures, where relevant, to achieve the ends of the Declaration.
9.
We commit ourselves to promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous
persons with disabilities and to continuing to improve their social and economic
conditions, including by developing targeted measures for the aforementioned
action plans, strategies or measures, in collaboration with indigenous persons with
disabilities. We also commit ourselves to ensuring that national legislative, policy
and institutional structures relating to indigenous peoples are inclusive of
indigenous persons with disabilities and contribute to the advancement of their
rights.
10. We commit ourselves to working with indigenous peoples to disaggregate data,
as appropriate, or conduct surveys and to utilizing holistic indicators of indigenous
peoples’ well-being to address the situation and needs of indigenous peoples and
individuals, in particular older persons, women, youth, children and persons with
disabilities.
11. We commit ourselves to ensuring equal access to high-quality education that
recognizes the diversity of the cultures of indigenous peoples and to health, housing,
water, sanitation and other economic and social programmes to improve well-being,
including through initiatives, policies and the provision of resources. We intend to
empower indigenous peoples to deliver such programmes as far as possible.
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