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sub-Saharan region where indigenous peoples reside. The committee ’s objective
should be to prevent humanitarian disasters and, in particular, to prevent starvation
at the same level as the disaster that struck the region in 1973.
29. The Permanent Forum, bearing in mind the importance of the right of
indigenous peoples to food sovereignty and security, invites Member States to
consider the possibility of announcing an international year of camelids with the
aim of drawing attention to the management of lands, territories and resources and
for the breeding of camelids.
Human rights
30. Recognizing that the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues will
play a central role in coordinating efforts among United Nations agencies to
translate the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
into meaningful change, the Permanent Forum requests that the Group ensure that
its membership includes all United Nations agencies, funds and programmes,
including specialized agencies. The Forum recommends that the United Nations
Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the Advisory
Board of the United Nations Office for Partnerships and other relevant United
Nations agencies take the measures necessary for addressing the special situation of
indigenous peoples in developed countries.
31. As a matter of indigenous human rights and consistent with article 18 of the
United Nations Declaration, previous Permanent Forum recommendations and the
outcome document of the World Conference, with particular consideration of
paragraph 33, the right to participate in decision-making is highly relevant to fastapproaching and pivotal multilateral negotiations. In this regard, the Forum urgently
requests all States, United Nations agencies and high-level representatives of the
United Nations system to ensure the direct participation of indigenous peoples in the
multilateral negotiations referred to below. T he Forum also requests that all those
actors advocate and ensure that there is explicit reference to indigenous peoples and
their distinct human rights and status throughout the processes relating to:
(a) The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015
development agenda, to be held from 25 to 27 September 2015;
(b) The high-level event on climate change, to be held in New York on
29 June 2015, and the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and eleventh session of
the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto
Protocol, to be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December 2015;
(c) The third International Conference on Financing for Development, to be
held in Addis Ababa from 13 to 16 July 2015.
32. The Permanent Forum also requests that States and United Nations agencies
engaging in those events ensure strong linkages with the outcome document of the
World Conference, with particular consideration of paragraph 33, and indigenous
participation.
33. The Permanent Forum reminds States that the implementation of the United
Nations Declaration provides a common framework for reconciliation, justice,
healing and peace. Each State has a prime responsibility and duty to protect,
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