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88. The Permanent Forum encourages UNFPA to organize, in full cooperation with
indigenous peoples, a global symposium on indigenous young people and women
during the summit to be held Nairobi in November 2019 to advance the
implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on
Population and Development so that their key concerns are incorporated into the
review and appraisal of the Programme of Action.
89. The Permanent Forum expresses concern regarding indigenous young people in
situations in which they are increasingly migrating from their communities because
of poverty, lack of economic opportunities and climate change. With a focus on
Sustainable Development Goal 8, the Forum encourages ILO and IOM, in cooperation
with indigenous peoples, to conduct a study, by 2021, on good practices on,
opportunities for and challenges in generating culturally appropriate, decent work for
indigenous young people. The study should inform the development of programmes
and initiatives for indigenous youth employment, both in their communities and in
the context of migration.
90. The Permanent Forum welcomes the results of the 2018 High-level Expert
Seminar on Indigenous Food Systems, in particular the creation of an online global
hub on indigenous food systems, and would like to recommend that the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) continue work on:
(a) Indigenous young people towards the creation of a forum on indigen ous
young people in the coming years;
(b) Indigenous food systems, in particular in relation to the links with
traditional knowledge, climate change and the respect of indigenous peoples ’ rights
to their lands, territories and resources;
(c) Indigenous women (the global campaign on indigenous women and the
leadership and food security schools for indigenous women).
91. The Permanent Forum also appreciates the work of FAO, in collaboration with
the Forum, on including the issues of indigenous peoples in the Committee on World
Food Security and recommends that FAO continue to collaborate with the Forum to
open up spaces for dialogue and participation in other technical committees, such as
those on forestry, fisheries and agriculture.
92. With a view to assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of policies on
indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum recommends to the United Nations entities
that carry out free, prior and informed consent processes to develop a system for
comprehensively documenting these processes.
Follow-up to the outcome document of the World Conference on
Indigenous Peoples
93. The Permanent Forum is seriously concerned about the lack of implementation
of the Declaration, notwithstanding the commitments made in the outcome document
of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the establishment of the system wide action plan to ensure a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the
Declaration. Given that the 2014 outcome document was adopted five years ago, the
Forum would highly welcome a review of progress made in its implementation. The
review should provide a framework for a comprehensive and future -oriented
evaluation of the state of the realization of the Declaration at all levels.
94. The Permanent Forum welcomes the work of the Government of Namibia in the
development and validation of the white paper on the rights of indigenous peoples,
developed with the support of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The
Forum encourages the Government to take measures to ensure that the white paper is
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