A/RES/67/153
United Nations
Distr.: General
13 March 2013
General Assembly
Sixty-seventh session
Agenda item 66
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/454)]
67/153. 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 and 66/142 of
19 December 2011, as well as its resolution 66/296 of 17 September 2012 on the
organization of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, to be
known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held on 22 and
23 September 2014, and noting its inclusive preparatory process, as well as the
participation of indigenous peoples in the Conference,
Inviting Governments and indigenous peoples to organize international or
regional conferences and other thematic events to contribute to the preparations for
the Conference, and encouraging the participation of the three United Nations
mechanisms on indigenous peoples 1 at these events,
Recalling its resolution 59/174 of 20 December 2004 on the Second
International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005–2014) and its
resolution 60/142 of 16 December 2005 on the Programme of Action for the Second
International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, in which it adopted
“Partnership for action and dignity” as the theme for the Second Decade,
Recalling also the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, 2 which addresses their individual and collective rights,
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1
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and
Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.
2
Resolution 61/295, annex.
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