A/76/202 Centres provides culturally relevant programmes and services to approximately 1.4 million First Nations (status and non-status), Inuit and Métis peoples living in urban environments. Services relate to health, housing, education, recreation, language, justice, employment, economic development, culture and community wellness. 98 The Assembly of First Nations is a national advocacy organization representing more than 900,000 people living in 634 First Nation communities and in cities and towns nationwide. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami represents the voice of Inuit peoples by assisting with legal action and improving education for Inuit children. 99 The Native Women’s Association of Canada is the political voice of indigenous women, girls and genderdiverse people. 63. In Latin America, the Kayambi People’s Confederation, in collaboration with the municipality of Cayambe, Ecuador, delivers programmes for young children by sending community educators on home visits, providing food for infants and promoting family farms in urban areas. 100 In Peru, an indigenous organization, Consejo Shipibo Koibo Xetebo, broadcasts culturally appropriate radio and television programmes in Shipibo. 101 In Guatemala, the Grandmother Midwives of Nim Alaxik is a national movement that promotes the recognition and appreciation of ancestral knowledge in the national health-care system. 102 64. In the United States, indigenous organizations that support urban indigenous peoples include the National Urban Indian Family Coalition, the American Indian Opportunities Industrialization Center, the National Council of Urban Indian Health and the National Congress of American Indians. In addition, specific projects initiated by indigenous communities include housing development. For example, the Little Earth of United Tribes created the “first urban housing complex with Native preference, [which] serves as a national model, at the forefront of American Indian migration into urban areas”. 103 The organization provides a range of programming, including urban farming education and healthy cooking classes, entrepreneurship training and education services. The Siletz secured an “Indian Housing Block Grant to build housing and in addition, counselling and other social services are provided to tenants”. 104 65. In Australia, indigenous organizations include the Close the Gap Coalition, a grouping of more than 50 indigenous and non-indigenous health and community organizations; the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl ander Legal Services, which provides legal aid nationwide; and Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, a national advocacy organization dedicated specifically to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The National Family Violence Pr evention and Legal Services Forum comprises 14 organizations that provide holistic, specialist and culturally safe legal and non-legal support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. 66. In South Africa, indigenous urban Khoikhoi young people have resorted to the supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization) to stake a traditional knowledge claim to thei r __________________ 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 21-10081 Submission by the National Association of Friendship Centres. See www.newswire.ca/news-releases/inuit-tapiriit-kanatami-and-the-government-of-canadarenew-commitment-to-tuberculosis-elimination-882167177.html. Submission by the UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office, UNICEF country offices in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil and Guyana and UNICEF New Zealand. Ibid. Submission by the Grandmother Midwives of Nim Alaxik. See https://littleearth.org/about. See http://aioic.org/about; www.ncuih.org; www.ncai.org; and www.opb.org/news/article/ portland-oregon-affordable-housing-native-americans-confederated-tribes-siletz. 17/20