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92. The Permanent Forum urges the Governments of Canada and the United States
to work in good faith with indigenous peoples for the unqualified endorsement and
full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, and urges that such endorsement and implementation honour the spirit and
intent of the Declaration, consistent with indigenous peoples’ human rights.
93. The Permanent Forum encourages United Nations agencies and other bodies to
offer training programmes for Canadian and national parliamentarians and United
States members of Congress, and staff within national institutions such as human
rights commissions and other agencies, with the aim of integrating the spirit and
intent of the Declaration into national policies.
94. The Permanent Forum encourages the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples and the Human Rights Council to continue the process of
addressing rights related to treaties and agreements between indigenous peoples and
the United States and Canada, including through the consideration and
implementation of the recommendations resulting from the first two United Nations
treaty seminars, held in 2003 and 2006, and by taking steps to hold a third seminar,
as mandated by the Economic and Social Council, and urges the Expert Mechanism
to advance the work on treaties.
95. Given the fact that the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, as
well as other forms of violence, including trafficking and domestic violence, has
gained increasing public attention in Canada, the Permanent Forum urges the
Government of Canada to provide more emergency shelters serving indigenous
women, as well as better victim services, and specific programmes to assist
indigenous women who have been trafficked.
96. The Permanent Forum welcomes the decision of the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people to monitor
violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada, including missing and
murdered indigenous women and girls, in accordance with his mandate. Furthermore,
the Permanent Forum requests that the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, as well as the Special
Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, address the
situation of violence against indigenous women in the United States as well.
97. The Permanent Forum urges the Governments of Canada and the United States
to respect the right of indigenous nations to determine their own membership, in
accordance with article 33 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
98. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Governments of Canada and the
United States address the border issues, such as those related to the Mohawk Nation
and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, by taking effective measures to implement
article 36 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
which states that indigenous peoples divided by international borders have the right
to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation with their own members
as well as other peoples across borders.
99. The Permanent Forum urges the Government of Canada to work with the
Friendship Centre Movement and other relevant organizations to determine how it
can strengthen its roles and responsibilities with regard to urban indigenous peoples.
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