United Nations
A/RES/69/159
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 February 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 65 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/485)]
69/159. Rights of indigenous peoples
The General Assembly,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Human Rights
Council and the Economic and Social Council relating to the rights of indigenous
peoples, reaffirming its resolutions 65/198 of 21 December 2010, 66/142 of
19 December 2011, 67/153 of 20 December 2012, 68/149 of 18 December 2013 and
69/2 of 22 September 2014, and recalling also Human Rights Council resolution
27/13 of 25 September 2014,
Welcoming the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, held in
New York on 22 and 23 September 2014,1 in which Heads of State and Government,
ministers and representatives of Member States reiterated the important and
continuing role of the United Nations in promoting and protecting the rights of
indigenous peoples and welcomed the inclusive preparatory process for the highlevel plenary meeting, including the comprehensive engagement of the
representatives of indigenous peoples,
Reaffirming the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples,2 which addresses their individual and collective rights,
Stressing the importance of promoting and pursuing the objectives of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples also through
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,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 the 2005 World
Summit Outcome,4 the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
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Resolution 69/2.
Resolution 61/295, annex.
3
Resolution 55/2.
4
Resolution 60/1.
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