Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations and the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, and invites indigenous organizations and private institutions and individuals to do likewise;

Encourages those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)¹⁴ to consider doing so and to consider supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,Error: Reference source not found and welcomes the increased support by States for the Declaration;

Encourages States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, to take the appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to achieve the goals of the Declaration;

Encourages all interested parties, in particular indigenous peoples, to disseminate and consider good practices at different levels as a practical guide on how to attain the goals of the Declaration;

Requests that United Nations entities further enhance their coordination and intensify their efforts towards a more coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach to the rights of indigenous peoples through, inter alia, the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues and the United Nations Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership, and calls upon the United Nations entities, in close collaboration with Member States, organizations, institutions and representatives of indigenous peoples, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and relevant partners, to develop additional measures to continue to support national, regional and international efforts to advance the rights of indigenous peoples;