A/RES/63/161
United Nations
Distr.: General
13 February 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 61
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/427)]
63/161. Indigenous issues
The General Assembly,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Human Rights
Council and the Economic and Social Council relating to indigenous issues,
Recalling also that the Assembly proclaimed, in its resolution 59/174 of
20 December 2004, the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous
People,
Bearing in mind that the Assembly adopted, by its resolution 61/295 of
13 September 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples,
Recalling that, at previous sessions of the Assembly, constructive dialogues
were held with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and
fundamental freedoms of indigenous people,
Requests the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and
1.
fundamental freedoms of indigenous people to report on the implementation of his
mandate to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session;
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States,
2.
relevant United Nations organizations and mechanisms and other stakeholders,
including indigenous organizations, to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-fifth
session a midterm assessment report that evaluates progress made in the
achievement of the goal and objectives of the Second International Decade of the
World’s Indigenous People;
Decides to adjust the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for
3.
Indigenous Populations so as to facilitate the participation of representatives of
indigenous peoples’ organizations in the expert mechanism established in
accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 6/36 of 14 December 2007. 1
0F
70th plenary meeting
18 December 2008
_______________
1
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. I,
sect. A.
08-48045