Rights of indigenous peoples
A/RES/71/178
consultations with Member States, indigenous peoples’ representatives and
institutions from all regions of the world, and existing relevant mechanisms of the
United Nations, on the possible measures necessary, including procedural and
institutional steps and selection criteria, to enable the participation of indigenous
peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations
bodies on issues affecting them;
25. Also reaffirms the commitment made by the General Assembly at the
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples to consider ways to enable the
participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of
relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, and in this regard takes
note with appreciation of the work undertaken thus far, led by th e President of the
General Assembly at its seventieth session, in preparing a compilation of the views
presented during the consultations, including good practices within the United
Nations regarding indigenous peoples’ participation, which will form the b asis for a
draft text to be finalized and adopted by the Assembly during its seventy -first
session;
26. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its seventy second session, under the item entitled “Rights of indigenous peoples”, and to
maintain in the provisional agenda the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome
document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples”.
65th plenary meeting
19 December 2016
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