A/HRC/42/60/Add.1 of many government and provincial officials on indigenous peoples. 69 There has been progress in many areas, including in provision of education70 and healthcare. However, concerns remain re health indicators especially in Rattanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces, where a large number of indigenous peoples live. 71 44. Land titling continues to be a problem. Progress remains slow with a cumbersome and complicated procedure for securing communal land titles in Cambodia. 72 Whilst the Ministry of Land Management, Construction and Urban Planning is progressing its ambitious plan to resolve all land titling disputes by 2023, there is evidence that indigenous peoples will be left behind.73 The Special Rapporteur has visited many indigenous groups during her mandate including the Bunong peoples on Stung Treng Province affected by the Lower Sesan II hydroelectric project74 and the Kui indigenous people in Preah Vihear Province who had some of their farmland and spiritual forest cleared by sugar cane companies.75 The Human Rights Committee has expressed concern that indigenous peoples were not sufficiently consulted in the decision making process with respect to issues affecting their rights, including management of their communal lands and the allocation of the land for extractive industries and agribusiness.76 Advance consultation with indigenous peoples can reduce the likelihood of problems, with innovative solutions often emerging from discussions. 77 45. Cultural rights, including language traditions should be reflected in education (SDG 4.7) and local culture and products (with consent) promoted (SDG 8.9; 12.b). As has been highlighted with children, indigenous people too are not a tourist attraction, it is up to the people themselves to determine the levels of interaction with which they are comfortable and to contribute to sustainable development, including tourism as they choose. 46. Specific intensified efforts are required to ensure that indigenous peoples are identified, and their specific needs considered through appropriate consultation, when planning sustainable development activities and approaches. All too often, the small numbers of persons involved in some areas means that they are in a very real danger of being left behind. D. Persons of Vietnamese Descent 47. The ethnic Vietnamese in Cambodia are a heterogeneous minority. Many are recent migrants and people engaging in cross-border trade. Some are in Cambodia documented, others undocumented, and they have many different residency statuses. The Special Rapporteur has met with ethnic Vietnamese and Khmer Krom communities and, as per her annual report, also met with many Vietnamese boat people on Tonle Sap in 2018-9.78 Many of these people were born in Cambodia, and indeed living there for many generations. She found that many individuals appeared to face challenges with birth registration and identity cards, the lack of which inevitably had an impact on many other rights, particularly to basic social services.79 Cambodian law allows children of non-citizens living “legally” in the country to be issued birth certificate. However, local officials seem to conflate issuing birth certificates with conferring citizenship, and refuse non-citizens of birth registration. The absence of birth registration for children in these communities creates barriers for obtaining other documentation relevant to exercising future rights and entitlements such as admission 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 14 A/HRC/33/62, para 11. New National Action Plan for Multilingual Education. JS1= Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Alliance (CIPA); Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association (CIYA); Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRKHStakeholdersInfoS32.aspx para 27 and 37. A/HRC/36/61, 27 July 2017, para 26. KHM 6/2017. A/HRC/39/73, para 32; KHM 2/2017; for Bunong people in Mondulkiri, see KHM1/2015. A/HRC/39/73, para. 32; KHM 6/2018. CCPR/C/KHM/CO/2, para. 28. A/HRC/27/52, para. 19. A/HRC/42/60. A/HRC/36/61, para 34.