Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A/RES/79/159
56. Raises awareness of the fact that many Indigenous Peoples do not speak
any of the official languages of the United Nations, and encourages the United
Nations to consider addressing this issue;
57. Requests the President of the General Assembly to hold, within existing
resources, a high-level panel during the high-level week of the eighty-second session
of the General Assembly, in 2027, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and share
perspectives and best practices on the realization of the rights of Indigenous Peoples,
including to pursue the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples;
58. Encourages the United Nations system to strengthen cooperation with the
Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the
Caribbean, considering its fundamental role in the Latin American and Caribbean
region in processes of dialogue and consultation between States and Indigenous
Peoples;
59. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its eightieth
session, under the item entitled “Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, and to maintain in
the provisional agenda the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome document of
the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World
Conference on Indigenous Peoples”.
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