A/RES/80/303 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 September 2026 Eightieth session Agenda item 68 Rights of Indigenous Peoples Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 31 August 2026 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/80/L.107)] 80/303. Enhancing the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and representative institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them The General Assembly, Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming also the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 1 and the solemn commitment to respect, promote and advance and in no way diminish the rights of Indigenous Peoples and to uphold the principles of the Declaration, including the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights, through representatives chosen by themselves in accordance with their own procedures, Recognizing that the situation of Indigenous Peoples varies from region to region and from country to country and that the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical and cultural backgrounds should be taken into consideration, Reaffirming the principle of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that nothing in the Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, people, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act contrary to the Charter of the United Nations or construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismember or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States, Reaffirming also the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 2 and _______________ 1 2 Resolution 61/295, annex. Resolution 69/2. 26-12729 (E) *2612729*