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7.
Welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council by its resolution 1/2
of 29 June 2006 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
and recommends its adoption by the General Assembly at its sixty-first session;
8.
Reiterates its decision to authorize the Working Group to make available to the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, upon their specific request, the
information provided by representatives of Governments and indigenous peoples during the
annual general debate on its agenda item 4 (Review of developments), as a specific step towards
further cooperation with other bodies with specific mandates related to the situation of
indigenous peoples;
9.
Requests the Working Group to continue exploring ways and means to further
strengthen its cooperation with the Permanent Forum and the Special Rapporteur;
10.
Requests the Human Rights Council to endorse the participation, for one week,
of the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group at the sixth session of the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2007, as recommended by the Working Group in its report
(A/HRC/Sub.1/58/22, para. 59), to enable him to present the report of the Working Group on its
twenty-fourth session;
11.
Recommends to the Human Rights Council and the Economic and Social Council
that the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people be invited to
participate in the twenty-fifth session of the Working Group;
12.
Decides that the Working Group, at its twenty-fifth session, shall adopt as the
principal theme “The impact of private sector initiatives on indigenous peoples’ rights”, and that
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights shall invite all relevant
organizations, agencies and departments of the United Nations system to provide information on
this subject and, if possible, to participate actively in the debates on this matter at the Working
Group;
13.
Decides that the Working Group’s agenda for its twenty-fifth session would be as
follows: 1. Election of officers; 2. Adoption of the agenda; 3. Organization of work; 4. Review
of developments: (a) General debate; (b) Principal theme: “The impact of private sector
initiatives on indigenous peoples’ rights”; (c) “Utilization of indigenous peoples’ lands by
non-indigenous authorities, groups or individuals for military purposes”; 5. Standard-setting:
review and approval of the final drafts of the guidelines on cultural heritage and on free, prior
and informed consent; 6. Other matters: (a) Second International Decade of the World’s
Indigenous People; (b) Cooperation with other United Nations bodies; (c) State of the
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations; (d) The United Nations Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (update); 7. The human rights situation of States and
territories threatened with extinction for environmental reasons, with particular reference to
indigenous peoples; 8. Presentation of elements for conclusions and recommendations;
9. Adoption of the report;
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