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82.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation with its adviser/representative for
Latin America and the Caribbean and in cooperation with the Government, the country’s
indigenous peoples and other parties concerned, should organize a follow-up meeting to
identify ways in which the United Nations system can assist the State authorities in
implementing the recommendations set out in this report.
C. Recommendations to civil society
83.
In order to overcome the discrimination and historical denial from which
indigenous peoples have suffered, Chilean society as a whole has an important role to play;
the Special Rapporteur therefore recommends that ongoing publicity campaigns should be
organized to combat prejudice, racism, intolerance and the stigmatization of indigenous
issues in public opinion.
84.
In this context, it is recommended that political parties and organizations should
focus in their approach to human rights issues not only on the consequences of the recent
past but also on the promotion of the individual and collective rights of the country’s
indigenous peoples.
D. Recommendations to the media
85.
Indigenous communities and peoples should have the facilities and support they
need if they are to have full access to the mass media (the press, radio, television and
Internet); it is therefore recommended that the country’s main media organizations,
together with the university faculties concerned, should offer courses and seminars with a
view to finding new means of access to the media for indigenous communities.
86.
It is also recommended that the existing media should redouble their efforts to give
broad, balanced and fair coverage of the needs and situation of indigenous peoples and of
the social conflict in indigenous regions.
E. Recommendations to the academic community
87.
The Special Rapporteur takes note of the studies carried out in several universities
in the country on indigenous issues and recommends that these efforts be extended to other
academic centres so that all the issues relating to the human rights of indigenous peoples
are covered.
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