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policies, consistent with national priorities, in cooperation with Member States, to
tackle it, including through consultation with indigenous peoples, in particular
indigenous youth organizations;
33. Takes note with appreciation of the work led by the Presidents of the
General Assembly at its seventieth, seventy-first, seventy-second and seventy-third
sessions in conducting consultations with Member States, indigenous peoples’
representatives and institutions from all regions of the world and existing mechanisms
of the United Nations on possible measures to enable the participation of indigenous
peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations
bodies on issues affecting them, which led to the adoption of Assembly resolution
71/321 and its decision to continue its consideration of possible further measures
necessary to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and
institutions in relevant United Nations meetings on issues affecting them at its
seventy-fifth session, taking into account the achievements in that regard of other
bodies and organizations throughout the United Nations system, to be preceded by
consultations with indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions from all
regions of the world as an input to the intergovernmental process;
34. Invites Member States to support the Secretary-General in his efforts or
activities to hold regional consultations, including through the regional commissions,
as appropriate, before the nineteenth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues, including by hosting such consultations, in accordance with resolution 71/321;
35. 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;
36. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its seventy-fifth
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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