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relevant laws, before moving ahead with planned conservation efforts in the
Cherangany Hills.
35. The Permanent Forum urges the International Union for Conservation of
Nature to establish a task force on conservation and human rights to work with
indigenous peoples’ communities and organizations to clear ly articulate the rights of
indigenous peoples in the context of conservation initiatives and to continue to
promote grievance mechanisms and avenues for redress in the context of
conservation action, including the Whakatane Mechanism. The Forum invites th e
Union to report on progress made in the implementation of these recommendations
in future sessions.
36. The Permanent Forum recommends that States develop laws and policies to
ensure the recognition, continued vitality and protection from misappropriatio n of
indigenous traditional knowledge.
37. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States to start the work, in the
context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, of creating a place
and a voice for indigenous peoples in the governance of the world’s oceans. This
effort involves the participation of indigenous peoples in all aspects of the work and
decision-making regarding the Convention on the Law of the Sea, including the
environmental provisions and the delimitation of the continental she lf. It may also
include establishing advisory committees of indigenous peoples to guide the work
under the Convention, as has been done under the Convention on Biological
Diversity.
38. The Permanent Forum calls upon the United Nations bodies and Member
States to ensure that indigenous peoples have a voice equal to States in the
development of and negotiations on the international agreement to address marine
biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. States and the United Nations
should guarantee that the agreement upholds and respects indigenous peoples’ role
in governing the oceans and the rights set out in the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Culture
39. The Permanent Forum encourages States to continue cooperating with
indigenous peoples to develop fair, transparent and effective mechanisms for the
repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains, at the national and
international levels.
Education
40. Recalling article 14 of the Declaration and the recommendation made by the
Permanent Forum at its third session, the Forum urges Member States to adopt and
fully implement comprehensive national indigenous education policies and bring
into practice the education of indigenous languages teachers in a ccordance with
indigenous peoples’ initiatives.
41. Recalling paragraph 86 of its report on its eighth session ( E/2009/43E/C.19/2009/14), the Permanent Forum urges public and private education
institutions to provide permanent positions for indigenous teachers and to establish
scholarships designated exclusively for indigenous students.
Health
42. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
and the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues, sponsor an
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