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Recalling the commitment to consider, at the seventieth session of the General
Assembly, ways to enable the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and
institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, 2
including any specific proposals made by the Secretary-General in his report,3
Recognizing the twenty-sixth anniversary of the adoption by the International
Labour Organization of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No.169) and
its contribution to the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples,
1.
Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights on the rights of indigenous peoples,4 and requests the High Commissioner to
continue to submit to the Human Rights Council an annual report on the rights of
indigenous peoples containing information on relevant developments in human rights
bodies and mechanisms and the activities undertaken by the Office of the High
Commissioner at Headquarters and in the field that contribute to the promotion of, respect
for and the full application of the provisions of the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and follow-up on the effectiveness of the Declaration;
2.
Also welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous
peoples, including the official visits made and her reports, and encourages all Governments
to respond favourably to her requests for visits;
3.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to report on the implementation of her
mandate to the General Assembly at its seventieth session;
4.
Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, takes note with appreciation of the report on its eighth session,5 and encourages
States to continue to participate in and contribute to its discussions, including by their
national specialized bodies and institutions;
5.
Requests the Expert Mechanism to prepare a study, to be finalized by its
ninth session, on the right to health and indigenous peoples with a focus on children and
youth, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session;
6.
Also requests the Expert Mechanism to continue to undertake, with the
assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner, the questionnaire survey to seek the
views of States and indigenous peoples on best practices regarding possible appropriate
measures and implementation strategies in order to attain the end goals of the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with a view to completing a final
summary of responses for presentation to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third
session, and encourages States and indigenous peoples that have not yet provided their
responses to do so, as well as those States and indigenous peoples that have already
responded to the questionnaire survey to update their responses as appropriate;
7.
Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly on 22 September 2014 of
its resolution 69/2, containing the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of
the Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;
8.
Also welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made 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;3
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See General Assembly resolution 69/2.
See A/70/84-E/2015/76.
A/HRC/30/25.
A/HRC/30/52.