Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

A/RES/57/191View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 106 Programme of activities of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People, published in 2003.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Budget Contributions Cooperation Between Organizations Indigenous Peoples Job Vacancies Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General, in connection with draft decisions I to IV recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at its first session for adoption by the Economic and Social Council:³

³Ibid., chap. I, sect. A.

To appoint a secretariat unit, in accordance with the budget procedures established by the General Assembly in its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986, within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat in New York, to assist the Forum in carrying out its mandate, as defined in paragraph 2 of Council resolution 2000/22;

To establish a voluntary fund for the Forum for the purpose of funding the implementation of recommendations made by the Forum through the Council, in line with paragraph 2 (a) of Council resolution 2000/22, as well as funding activities under its mandate, as defined in paragraphs 2 (b) and (c) of the same resolution;

Encourages the submission of applications of indigenous persons to the Secretariat, and invites the Secretary-General to give broad publicity to vacancies, when available;

Invites the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the Inter-Agency Support Group for the Forum, other relevant international and regional organizations and bodies, and indigenous people and indigenous peoples to assist the Forum in carrying out its mandate as enumerated in paragraph 2 of Council resolution 2000/22, including through the provision of staff;

Urges Governments, financial institutions and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to consider contributing to the voluntary fund for the Forum to be established by the Secretary-General;

Takes note with interest of the proposals, objectives, recommendations and areas of possible future action identified by the Forum in its report on its first session,1 and invites States, organizations of the United Nations system, other relevant international and regional organizations, and indigenous people and indigenous peoples to take them into consideration and, where they so decide, to take action;

Decides to authorize an exceptional three-day pre-sessional meeting of the members of the Forum from 7 to 9 May 2003.

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