A/RES/71/178
Rights of indigenous peoples
from and participate in 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,
Welcoming also Human Rights Council resolution 33/25 of 30 September
2016, 3 in which the Council amended the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which shall provide the Council with expertise and
advice on the rights of indigenous peoples as set out in the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 6 and assist Member States, upon
request, in achieving the ends of the Declaration through the promotion, protection
and fulfilment of the rights of indigenous peoples,
Reaffirming the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, which addresses their individual and collective rights,
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,
Welcoming the first World Indigenous Games, held in Palmas, Brazil, from
23 October to 1 November 2015 with the participation of indigenous athletes from
more than 20 countries, as well as the second such event, to be held in Canada in
2017, and recognizing the Games as a celebration of the diversity of cultural and
social expressions of indigenous peoples,
Recognizing that violence against indigenous women and girls has a negative
impact on their enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and
constitutes a major impediment to women’s full, equal and effective participation in
society, the economy and political decision-making, and in this regard recalling
Human Rights Council resolution 32/19 of 1 July 2016, entitled “Accelerating
efforts to eliminate violence against women: preventing and responding to violence
against women and girls, including indigenous women and girls”, 7 which brings
closer attention to this issue,
Expressing concern that, in some cases, suicide rates in indigenous peoples’
communities, in particular among indigenous youth and children, are significantly
higher than in the general population,
Deeply concerned at the vast number of endangered languages, in particular
indigenous languages, and stressing that, despite the continuing efforts, there is an
urgent need to preserve, promote and revitalize endangered languages,
Recognizing the importance to indigenous peoples of revitalizing, using,
developing and transmitting to future generations their histories, languages, oral
traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literature,
Bearing in mind the importance of promoting respect for the rights of
indigenous children, in particular combating the worst forms of child labour, in
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Resolution 61/295, annex.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/71/53),
chap. V, sect. A.
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