Rights of indigenous peoples
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20. Reaffirms the importance of effective accountability with regard to
violence against indigenous women and girls, including sexual violence, abuse and
exploitation, and of taking adequate measures to prevent and eliminate such violence;
21. Invites the Commission on the Status of Women to consider indigenous
women’s issues, among others, at the sixty-fourth session of the Commission, to be
held in 2020, to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World
Conference on Women, and encourages Governments to cooperate with indigenous
peoples at all levels on preparations for the 2020 review so as to benefit from their
experience and expertise;
22. Encourages States to consider including in their reports related to
indigenous peoples and women information on the progress made and challenges in
the implementation of Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 4 9/7 of
11 March 2005, entitled “Indigenous women: beyond the ten-year review of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”, 15 and 56/4 of 9 March 2012, entitled
“Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication ”; 16
23. Encourages Member States to establish national mechanisms with
adequate funding for the successful implementation of the plan for the 2019
International Year of Indigenous Languages in partnership with indigenous peoples,
and invites indigenous peoples, as custodians of their own languages, to initiate and
develop their own action plans and appropriate measures for the International Year
and awareness-raising campaigns to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous
languages;
24. Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, in active collaboration with other relevant United Nations entities, to
organize, as a major event of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, a
high-level event on indigenous languages, aiming to consider an outcome document
on the International Year, which would be preceded by regional events or preparatory
meetings, with the participation of indigenous peoples, encourages Member States to
support their organization, and encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization to submit a report on all activities to the General Assembly;
25. Decides to convene a high-level event during 2019, organized by the
President of the General Assembly, for the conclusion of the International Year of
Indigenous Languages, and further requests the President of the General Assembly to
support initiatives relevant to the successful celebration of the International Year,
within existing resources;
26. Encourages Governments to redouble efforts to eliminate the worst forms
of child labour, both in legislation and in practice, in the context of respect for the
human rights of indigenous children, including through international cooperation, as
appropriate;
27. Also encourages Governments to promote actions to eliminate
malnutrition of indigenous children, especially for those living in rural areas,
providing them adequate food, water and sanitation, education, health and basic
services, and to implement actions for poverty eradication;
28. Encourages transnational corporations and other business enterprises to
respect human rights, including the rights of indigenous children, a nd to eliminate the
worst forms of child labour from their operations;
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 and
corrigendum (E/2005/27 and E/2005/27/Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D.
Ibid., 2012, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2012/27 and E/2012/27/Corr.1), chap. I,
sect. D.
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