United Nations
A/RES/71/178
General Assembly
Distr.: General
31 January 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 65 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/481)]
71/178. Rights of indigenous peoples
The General Assembly,
Recalling all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Human Rights
Council and the Economic and Social Council relating to the rights of indigenous
peoples, reaffirming its resolutions 65/198 of 21 December 2010, 66/142 of
19 December 2011, 67/153 of 20 December 2012, 68/149 of 18 December 2013,
69/2 of 22 September 2014, 69/159 of 18 December 2014 and 70/232 of
23 December 2015, and recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 27/13 of
25 September 2014, 1 30/4 of 1 October 2015 2 and 33/12 and 33/13 of 29 September
2016, 3
Reaffirming 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, 4 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 the inclusive preparatory process for the high -level
plenary meeting, including the comprehensive engageme nt 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,
Welcoming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 5 stressing the need
to ensure that no one is left behind, including indigenous peoples, who will benefit
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1
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigenda
(A/69/53/Add.1 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. IV, sect. A.
2
Ibid., Seventieth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/70/53/Add.1), chap. III.
3
Ibid., Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigendum (A/71/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. II.
4
Resolution 69/2.
5
Resolution 70/1.
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