E/2015/43 E/C.19/2015/10 15. The Permanent Forum therefore urges the World Health Organization to develop a strategy and programme to tackle self-harm and suicide among indigenous children and young people at the global level. The Forum recommends taking into account the initiatives that are being conducted at the regional level, in particular by the Pan American Health Organization, and using them as a basis for further expansion. As a first step, the Forum suggests that the World Health Organization gather evidence and initiate research on the prevalence of self -harm and suicide among indigenous children and young people at the global level and prepare a compilation of good practices on prevention of self-harm and suicide among indigenous young people, publishing its findings by 1 January 2017. 16. The Permanent Forum recommends that the United Nations Children ’s Fund develop and adopt a comprehensive and distinct policy on indigenous children and young people, taking into account the human rights affirmed in the United Nations Declaration and in consultation and collaboration with indigenous peoples and indigenous children and youth organizations in particular. 17. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Envoy of the Secretary-General on Youth, in cooperation with indigenous young people, urgently address self -harm and suicide among indigenous young people and invites him to inform the Forum on progress in that regard at its fifteenth session. 18. The Permanent Forum urges all States to substantially increase the human and financial resources made available to all indigenous communities and schools to prevent self-harm and suicide among young people, and for holistic treatment based on cultural, spiritual and linguistic revitalization, providing healthy and positive lifestyle choices and access to traditional methods of counselling based on accurate and reliable data. Half-day discussion on the Pacific region 19. The Pacific islands 2 are home to a diverse range of indigenous peoples, speaking 19 per cent of the world’s estimated 5,000 languages. Indigenous peoples in the Pacific are still linked to their communal lands, belief systems, spirituality and customary laws, which form the basis of their social, economic and political systems. Owing to the diversity of Pacific countries and territories, there are significant variations in the social, political and economic situation of indigenous peoples in the region. 20. The small island developing States of the Pacific fa ce specific environmental, social and economic challenges that have a significant impact on indigenous peoples in the exercise of their human rights. A distinctive feature of the Pacific region is that indigenous peoples make up most of the population in most Pacific island countries. At the same time, in some countries in the region, colonial settlements and immigration have reduced indigenous populations to a minority in their own lands. 21. Reiterating the recommendation made at its seventh session, the Permanent Forum recommends that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration focus on the vulnerability of __________________ 2 8/17 Further information on the Pacific region is provided in the note by the Secretariat containing a study on decolonization in the region (E/C.19/2013/12). 15-07815