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84. The Permanent Forum urges that discussions at the forthcoming summit to
renew the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, scheduled to be held in Brazil
in August 2023, fully involve Indigenous Peoples from the Amazon region in
determining a road map that addresses their situation, including cross-border illegal
activities and organized crime.
85. The Permanent Forum welcomes information from the Government of
Bangladesh on progress towards the implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Peace Accord. It calls upon Bangladesh to make further efforts towards full
implementation of the Accord through constructive dialogue and cooperation with the
Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council, the three Hill District Councils and the
Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission.
86. The Constitution of Nepal has provisions for special, protected and autonomous
regions for Indigenous Peoples. The Permanent Forum welcomes further progress
towards realizing the provisions of the Constitution, including by considering the
recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and
of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to Nepal in
2018 on respect for Indigenous Peoples’ rights to their traditional lands and resources
and to self-determination.
Dialogues: dialogue with the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes
(item 5 (c))
87. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues welcomes the work of the
Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues on promoting the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples through the system -wide
action plan for ensuring a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the Declarati on
at the national and international levels.
88. The Permanent Forum encourages all United Nations entities to actively engage
with United Nations resident coordinators and country teams to ensure that
Indigenous Peoples’ issues are integrated into country-level initiatives and joint work
planning, including through a reflection of their concerns in the common country
analysis, in line with the system-wide action plan and the Secretary-General’s Call to
Action for Human Rights.
89. The Permanent Forum welcomes the fact that United Nations entities and
bodies, including mandate holders and, notably, OHCHR and the United Nations
Environment Programme, take their share of the responsibility to ensure a safe space
for Indigenous Peoples participating in United Nations meetings. The Permanent
Forum requests that United Nations bodies and entities create an urgent response
mechanism to acts of intimidation and reprisals against Indigenous human rights
defenders cooperating with the United Nations, in line with existing United Nations
guidance on protection and promotion of civic space and the Secretary-General’s Call
to Action for Human Rights. The Permanent Forum will consider how to strengthen
its own response mechanisms and its cooperation with the Assistant SecretaryGeneral for Human Rights, in line with General Assembly resolution 77/203, on this
pressing matter, including through the appointment of focal points.
90. The Permanent Forum commends the Pan American Health Organization for its
work on Indigenous maternal and child health and encourages WHO to replicate this
work in other regions. The Permanent Forum recommends that WHO include
Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and Permanent Forum members in developing and
implementing health strategies in the negotiations on a global accord on pandemic
prevention, preparedness and response.
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