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28.
Welcomes the contribution of the universal periodic review to the realization
of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, encourages effective follow-up to accepted review
recommendations concerning Indigenous Peoples, and invites States to include, as
appropriate, information on the situation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including
measures taken to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, during their reviews;
29.
Calls upon States to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples by, inter alia, engaging in good faith and sustained dialogue
with Indigenous Peoples and with civil society, academia, local governments, United Nations
bodies and other relevant stakeholders, as well as by adopting and implementing measures,
including national action plans, legislation or other frameworks, as required, in consultation
and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples, taking into account the use of their languages, and
welcomes the fact that several States have developed or are in the process of developing
national and subnational action plans, policies and legislation for the implementation of the
Declaration with the full and meaningful participation of Indigenous Peoples, as well as
mechanisms for monitoring and funding measures for their implementation;
30.
Encourages active consultation and cooperation with Indigenous Peoples in
achieving the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
and the implementation of the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples, including at the local, regional and global levels, and invites the General Assembly
to consider holding a high-level plenary meeting on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary
of the Declaration, during its eighty-second session, and to evaluate the implementation of
the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;
31.
Calls upon States in all regions that that have not yet ratified or acceded to the
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), of the International Labour
Organization to consider doing so, taking into account its contribution to the promotion and
protection of the rights of Indigenous Peoples;
32.
Calls upon States to apply capitalization to the term “Indigenous Peoples” in
official documents and in the official languages of the United Nations, as applicable;
33.
Welcomes the role of national human rights institutions established in
accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion
and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) in advancing Indigenous issues, and
recognizes the importance of such institutions developing and strengthening their capacities,
as appropriate, to fulfil that role effectively;
34.
Encourages States, according to their relevant national context and
characteristics, to collect and securely disseminate data disaggregated by ethnicity, income,
gender, age, race, migratory status, disability, geographical location or other factors, as
appropriate, in order to develop, monitor, assess and improve the impact of laws, policies,
strategies, programmes and services aimed at improving the well-being of Indigenous
Peoples and individuals, to combat and eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination,
including multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, against them, to support work
towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda and to
work with Indigenous Peoples to strengthen technologies, practices and efforts related to
addressing and responding to climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution;
35.
Reaffirms the importance of promoting the political, social and economic
empowerment of Indigenous women and girls, including Indigenous women and girls with
disabilities, by, inter alia, ensuring access to inclusive and equitable quality education,
including intercultural and multilingual education, and through meaningful participation in
the economy, of addressing the barriers and the multiple and intersecting forms of
discrimination that they face, as well as all forms of violence, including sexual and genderbased violence, and of promoting their full, equal and meaningful participation in relevant
decision-making processes at all levels and in all areas while respecting and protecting their
traditional and ancestral knowledge, noting the importance of the United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous women and girls, and encourages States
to give serious consideration to the above-mentioned recommendations, as appropriate;
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