The right to development 2016, para. 40

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Stresses its commitment to indigenous peoples in the process of the realization of the right to development, reaffirms the commitment to promote their rights in the areas of education, employment, vocational training and retraining, housing, sanitation, health and social security, in accordance with recognized international human rights obligations and taking into account, as appropriate, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007, and in this regard recalls the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held in 2014;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
  • Education
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The right to development (2016), A/RES/71/192, OP 40.
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OP
Paragraph number
40