E/2016/43
E/C.19/2016/11
Future work of the Permanent Forum, including issues considered by the
Economic and Social Council and emerging issues
74. Given the holistic and integral vision of indigenous peoples, the Sustainable
Development Goals must be implemented in a comprehensive way, taking into
account that the absence of a single element would lead to a lack of equilibrium and
harmony in relationships between human beings and Mother Nature. The Permanent
Forum recommends that States and United Nations agencies widely disseminate the
Goals to indigenous peoples, using culturally appropriate educational tools and in
indigenous languages, observing protocols and times suitable for such
dissemination, given the lack of knowledge about them.
75. Building upon the study prepared by members of the Permanent Forum on the
situation of indigenous persons with disabilities, with a particular focus on
challenges faced with respect to the full enjoyment of human rights and inclusion in
development (see E/C.19/2013/6), and in the light of the call in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development to “leave no one behind”, the Forum is concerned that the
experiences and rights of indigenous persons with disabilities require further study
and examination. In that regard, the Forum calls upon the secretariat of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the focal point within the
United Nations system on matters relating to disability, to conduct a qualitative
study with regard to indigenous persons with disabilitie s, in all seven regions of the
world.
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