A/HRC/32/24 peoples’ rights and the right to health in the context of climate change. However, it was regrettable that this recognition was largely restricted to the preamble. Indigenous peoples would continue to advocate for rights-based solutions to climate change and adequate financing for their adaptation. 27. Looking beyond Paris, she called for respect for indigenous peoples’ knowledge as a resource for climate adaptation, including treatment of disease and weather forecasting. This knowledge needed to be assessed, valued and used. It could be shared but it also needed to be protected so that its use benefitted indigenous peoples. Traditional knowledge belonged to the indigenous communities that had held it for generations and was not meant to be appropriated by multinational corporations. In this regard, it was important that the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity was respected. In concluding, she emphasized that people had destroyed the environment to the detriment of health and that, to restore health, people must therefore take responsibility in the fight against climate change. B. Interactive discussion 28. During the plenary discussion, the following States took the floor: Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Dominican Republic (on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), Egypt, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Iceland (on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Ireland, Italy, Malawi, Maldives, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines (on behalf of the member States of the Climate Vulnerable Forum), Portugal, the Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Slovenia (on behalf of Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco and Switzerland), South Africa (on behalf of the African Group), South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America. A representative of the European Union also participated in the discussion. 29. Representatives of the following non-governmental organizations also spoke: the American Association of Jurists, the Arab Commission for Human Rights (on behalf of the Centre independant de recherche et d’initiatives pour le dialogue), Franciscans International (on behalf of International Coalition for Papua, Westpapua-Netzwerk, TAPOL, VIVAT International and Geneva for Human Rights - Global Training), the Indian Council of South America, the Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. 30. A number of additional participants requested the floor during the panel discussion but could not deliver their statements owing to lack of time. They included representatives of the following States: Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, the Sudan, Venezuala (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam; the non-governmental organization InternationalLawyers.org; and the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).2 31. All delegations agreed that climate change had direct and indirect impacts on the enjoyment of the human right to health. They welcomed the Paris Agreement and emphasized the importance of its successful implementation noting that it and the 2030 2 Statements received by the Secretariat are available on the Human Rights Council extranet. 7