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49. The Permanent Forum welcomes the increased cooperation among the Forum,
the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms
of indigenous people and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples on the basis of article 42 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples. In accordance with that article, the Permanent Forum expresses
its readiness to work closely with other United Nations mechanisms with mandates
that are also relevant to indigenous peoples, such as the Human Rights Committee,
the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the
Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
and invites these bodies to participate in sessions of the Permanent Forum that are
devoted to human rights.
50. The Permanent Forum urges the Human Rights Committee and the Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to require States parties to take into
account, in their reports to each body, the first article of both the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, which must be understood pursuant to article 3 of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which sets out the
right of indigenous peoples to self-determination.
51. The Permanent Forum welcomes the invitation from the Government of
Colombia to organize a mission to that country.
52. The Permanent Forum welcomes the study of the Expert Mechanism on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the right to education and the Expert Mechanism’s
Advice No. 1. The Permanent Forum encourages States, indigenous peoples and
others to disseminate these texts and incorporate them in national policies and
practices.
53. The Permanent Forum recommends that OHCHR pursue its efforts to
encourage increased use of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples by national human rights institutions.
Follow-up summary report and recommendations of the mission of the Permanent
Forum to the Plurinational State of Bolivia
54. On 21 April 2010, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held an in-depth
dialogue on the situation of the indigenous peoples in the Chaco region with
representatives of the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, leaders of
the Guaraní People’s Assembly (APG) and representatives of the United Nations
country team in the Plurinational State of Bolivia. This dialogue represents a new
working method based on the report on the Forum’s mission to the Plurinational
State of Bolivia (E/C.19/2010/6) and the response submitted by the Government of
the Plurinational State of Bolivia (E/C.19/2010/12/Add.1). The Permanent Forum
thanked the representatives of the Government, indigenous peoples and the United
Nations for their participation in the dialogue.
55. The Permanent Forum asked a number of questions on various issues,
including:
(a) Regulations for and conduct of the consultations regarding hydrocarbon
exploration and extraction;
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