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7.
Welcomes the ongoing cooperation and coordination among the Special
Rapporteur, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism, and
their ongoing efforts to promote the rights of indigenous peoples, the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the follow-up to the high-level
plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples, and invites them to continue to work in close cooperation with all Human Rights
Council mechanisms within their respective mandates;
8.
Reaffirms that the United Nations treaty bodies are important mechanisms for
the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages States to give serious
consideration to their recommendations regarding indigenous peoples;
9.
Welcomes the contribution of the universal periodic review to the realization
of the rights of indigenous peoples, encourages effective follow-up to accepted review
recommendations concerning indigenous peoples, and invites States to include, as
appropriate, information on the situation of the rights of indigenous peoples, including
measures taken to pursue the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples during the review;
10.
Encourages States that have endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples to adopt measures to pursue its objectives in consultations
and cooperation with indigenous peoples;
11.
Calls upon States that that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Indigenous
and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization to
consider doing so;
12.
Encourages States to give due consideration to all the rights of indigenous
peoples in fulfilling the commitments undertaken in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development5 and in the elaboration of relevant national programmes, strategies and plans;
13.
Welcomes the role of national human rights institutions established in
accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the
promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) in advancing indigenous
issues, and recognizes the importance for such institutions of developing and strengthening
their capacities, as appropriate, to fulfil that role effectively;
14.
Takes note of the activity of the United Nations Indigenous Peoples
Partnership and the system-wide action plan for ensuring a coherent approach to achieving
the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and invites
States and other potential donors to support it;
15.
Urges States and invites other public and/or private actors or institutions to
contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples as an important
means of promoting the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide and within the United
Nations system;
16.
Decides to continue its consideration of this question at a future session in
conformity with its annual programme of work.
39th meeting
29 September 2016
[Adopted without a vote.]
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See General Assembly resolution 70/1.
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