A/RES/68/149
Rights of indigenous peoples
International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, in which it adopted
“Partnership for action and dignity” as the theme for the Second Decade,
Welcoming the achievements made during the Second International Decade of
the World’s Indigenous People, and recognizing that challenges remain in finding
the solutions to the problems faced by indigenous peoples in such areas as
traditional knowledge, culture, education, health, human rights, the environment and
social and economic development,
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 and the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of
the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 5
Recalling also the outcome document, entitled “The future we want”, of the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, 6
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 24/9 of 26 September
2013, entitled “Human rights and indigenous peoples: mandate of the Special
Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples”, 7 by which the Council decided to
extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples,
and 24/10 of 26 September 2013, entitled “Human rights and indigenous peoples”,7
Recalling Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 49/7 of 11 March
2005, entitled “Indigenous women: beyond the ten-year review of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action”, 8 and 56/4 of 9 March 2012, entitled
“Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication”, 9
Recalling also the first Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and the
Rights of Mother Earth, hosted by the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Cochabamba
from 20 to 22 April 2010, 10
Taking note of the regional review conferences on population and
development, including the Regional Conference on Population and Development in
Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Montevideo from 12 to 15 August 2013,
which included “Indigenous peoples: interculturalism and rights” as part of the
Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development adopted at the Conference,
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Resolution 55/2.
Resolution 60/1.
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Resolution 65/1.
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Resolution 66/288, annex.
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53A
(A/68/53/Add.1), chap. III.
8
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum
(E/2005/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D.
9
Ibid., 2012, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2012/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D.
10
See A/64/777, annexes I and II.
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