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(j)
To integrate a gender perspective throughout the work of the mandate;
(k)
To integrate a victim-centred approach throughout the work of the mandate;
(l)
To work in close coordination, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations, other special procedures of the Human Rights
Council and with other relevant actors;
2.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special
Rapporteur in the discharge of his or her mandate, to provide him or her with all the
necessary information requested by him or her and to give serious consideration to
responding favourably to his or her requests to visit their country in order to enable him or
her to fulfil his or her duties effectively;
3.
Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide the
Special Rapporteur with all the human, technical and financial assistance necessary for the
effective fulfilment of his or her mandate;
4.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to report annually to the Human Rights
Council and the General Assembly.
35th meeting
29 September 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
18/8
Human rights and indigenous peoples
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/57 of 24 April 2001,
2002/65 of 25 April 2002, 2003/56 of 24 April 2003, 2004/62 of 21 April 2004 and
2005/51 of 20 April 2005 on human rights and indigenous issues,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 6/12 of 28 September 2007, 6/36
of 14 December 2007, 9/7 of 24 September 2008, 12/13 of 1 October 2009 and 15/7 of 30
September 2010,
Bearing in mind that the General Assembly, in its resolution 59/174 of 20 December
2004, proclaimed the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People,
Recalling the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples by the General Assembly in its resolution 61/295 on 13 September
2007,
Welcoming General Assembly resolution 65/198 of 21 December 2010, in which the
Assembly expanded the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous
Populations so that it can assist representatives of indigenous peoples’ organizations and
communities to participate in sessions of the Human Rights Council and of human rights
treaty bodies, based on diverse and renewed participation and in accordance with relevant
rules and regulations, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July
1996, and inviting States to contribute to the Fund,
Recognizing the importance to indigenous peoples of revitalizing, using, developing
and transmitting their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems
and literatures to future generations, and designating and retaining their own names for
communities, places and persons,
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