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community levels to develop and implement national action plans, strategies or other
measures to achieve the ends of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
76. The Permanent Forum welcomes the work done by the United Nations system
to implement the United Nations system-wide action plan on the rights of indigenous
peoples and encourages United Nations country teams to facilitate dialogue between
Member States and indigenous peoples towards the d evelopment of national action
plans and other measures and to report to the Forum at its eighteenth session on
progress made.
77. The Permanent Forum welcomes the Ibero-American Plan of Action for the
Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted in April 2018 by
indigenous peoples and States as members of the Fund for the Development of
Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Forum encourages the
Fund to share its experiences in other regions of the world.
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
78. The 2030 Agenda is now in its third year of implementation. The Permanent
Forum reiterates that countries undergoing voluntary national reviews at the high level political forum on sustainable development should include indigenous peoples
in their reviews, reports and delegations and invites States to report on good practices
to the Forum at its eighteenth session.
79. Further, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal on ensuring
access to affordable and modern energy for all (Goal 7) is posing threats as well as
providing opportunities for indigenous peoples. The Permanent Forum encourages
States to work with indigenous peoples to develop guidelines for responsible
renewable energy development.
Dialogues with indigenous peoples, Member States and the funds, programmes
and specialized agencies of the United Nations system
80. The Permanent Forum conducted three focused, interactive dialogue sessions
with indigenous peoples, Member States and the funds, program mes and specialized
agencies of the United Nations system. Such dialogues provide an opportunity to
focus on specific issues and identify ways to increase the effectiveness of the work of
the Forum. The Forum finds these dialogues to be of great value and will continue to
conduct them at future sessions.
81. The dialogues included discussions on the criminalization of the actions of
indigenous human rights defenders; the lack of consultations to obtain the free, prior
and informed consent of indigenous peoples; the need for effective engagement of
indigenous peoples in the 2030 Agenda; violence and discrimination against
indigenous women, children, youth, older persons and persons with disabilities ; and
the urgent need to revitalize indigenous languages.
82. The members of the Forum extend their deepest condolences to the family of
Colten Boushie and express heartfelt gratitude for their presence at the Forum session .
83. The Permanent Forum congratulates the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) for its ongoing work with indigenous peoples, including the
operationalization of free, prior and informed consent in its funded projects, support
for national policy dialogues among indigenous peoples, governments and United
Nations country teams and adoption of data disaggregation for indigenous peoples in
its revised Results and Impact Management System. 3 The Forum encourages the Fund
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