A/RES/79/159
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
of 8 October 2021, 8 51/18 of 6 October 2022, 9 54/12 of 11 October 2023 10 and 57/15
of 10 October 2024, 11
Reaffirming the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, 12 which addresses the individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples
and has positively influenced the drafting of several constitutions and statutes at the
national and local levels and contributed to the progressive development of
international and national legal frameworks and policies,
Recalling 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, 13 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, recalling also the inclusive preparatory process for the high-level
plenary meeting, including the comprehensive engagement of the representatives of
Indigenous Peoples, and welcoming and reaffirming the commitments, measures and
efforts undertaken by States, the United Nations system, Indigenous Peoples and other
actors in its implementation,
Encouraging the active engagement of Indigenous Peoples in the
implementation of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, including
at the regional and global levels, and inviting the General Assembly to consider
holding a follow-up World Conference on Indigenous Peoples to enable follow-up on
the implementation of the outcome document,
Recalling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 14 and stressing the
need to ensure that no one is left behind and to endeavour to reach the furthest behind
first, in particular Indigenous Peoples, who should participate in, contribute to and
benefit without discrimination from the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and
encouraging Member States to give due consideration to all the rights of Indigenous
Peoples while implementing the 2030 Agenda,
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 and instruments 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,
Taking note of the references to Indigenous Peoples in the Pact for the Future,
the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, 15
Noting the need to recognize, respect, promote and protect the rights of
Indigenous Peoples, their territories, lands and ecosystems, while safeguarding their
traditions, spiritual beliefs and ancestral knowledge, strengthen their distinct
political, legal, economic social and cultural institutions, while retaining their right
to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural
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Ibid., Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/76/53/Add.1), chap. IV, sect. A.
Ibid., Seventy-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/77/53/Add.1), chap. III, sect. A.
10
Ibid., Seventy-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/78/53/Add.1), chap. III, sect. A.
11
Ibid., Seventy-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/79/53/Add.1), chap. II.
12
Resolution 61/295, annex.
13
Resolution 69/2.
14
Resolution 70/1.
15
Resolution 79/1.
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