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international cooperation to support national and regional efforts to achieve the ends
of the Declaration, including the right to maintain and strengthen the distinct
political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions of indigenous peoples and
the right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and
cultural life of the State,
Recognizing the value and the diversity of the cultures and the form of the
social organization of indigenous peoples and their holistic traditional scientific
knowledge of their lands, natural resources and environment,
Concerned about the extreme disadvantages that indigenous peoples have
typically faced across a range of social and economic indicators and about the
impediments to their full enjoyment of their rights,
Recalling its resolution 65/198, by which it decided to expand the mandate of
the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations so that it could assist
representatives of indigenous peoples’ organizations and communities to participate
in sessions of the Human Rights Council and of human rights treaty bodies, on the
basis of diverse and renewed participation and in accordance with relevant rules and
regulations, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July
1996, and urged States to contribute to the Fund,
Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
1.
Peoples and of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, takes
note of his report on the rights of indigenous peoples, 7 and encourages all
Governments to respond favourably to his requests for visits;
2.
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
3.
International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
(No. 169) 8 to consider doing so and to consider supporting the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,1 and welcomes the increased
support by States for the Declaration;
4.
Encourages States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous
peoples, to take the appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to achieve
the ends of the Declaration;
Encourages all interested parties, in particular indigenous peoples, to
5.
disseminate and consider good practices at different levels as a practical guide on
how to attain the goals of the Declaration;
Requests the Secretary-General, in coordination with the United Nations
6.
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to convene, within existing resources, a
high-level event during the eleventh session of the Forum to commemorate the fifth
anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples in order to raise awareness of the importance of pursuing its
objectives;
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See A/66/288.
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