E/2013/43
E/C.19/2013/25
6.
Half-day discussion on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.
7.
Ongoing priorities and themes and follow-up:
(a)
Indigenous children;
(b)
Indigenous youth;
(c)
Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People;
(d)
Post-2015 development agenda.
8.
Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies and funds.
9.
Future work of the Permanent Forum, including emerging issues.
10.
Draft agenda for the fourteenth session of the Permanent Forum.
11.
Adoption of the report of the Permanent Forum on its thirteenth session.
Draft decision IV
Change of name of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The Economic and Social Council decides to change the name of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to the Permanent Forum on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
B.
Matters brought to the attention of the Council
2.
The Permanent Forum has identified the proposals, objectives, recommendations
and areas of possible future action set out below and, through the Council,
recommends that States, entities of the United Nations system, intergovernmental
organizations, indigenous peoples, the private sector and non governmental
organizations assist in their realization.
3.
It is the understanding of the secretariat that the proposals, objectives,
recommendations and areas of possible future action to be carried out by the United
Nations, as set out below, will be implemented to the extent that resources from the
regular budget and extrabudgetary resources are available.
Recommendations of the Permanent Forum
Health
4.
The right to health materializes through the well-being of an individual as well
as the social, emotional, spiritual and cultural well-being of the whole community.
Colonization, including policies of oppression, dispossession and assimilation, has
led to the health challenges faced by many indigenous peoples today, which will
also affect future generations. Consequently, the health of indigenous peoples is
weakened by a range of underlying social and economic determinants, including
poverty, inadequate housing, lack of education, food insecurity, lower employment,
loss of traditional lands and languages, barriers to political participation and
institutionalized racism. The health gap between indigenous peoples and others is
clear evidence of the discriminatory structures that are in conflict with human rights
and indigenous peoples’ rights in particular. They demonstrate the need for
Governments and United Nations entities to refocus their efforts in fulfilling their
obligations towards indigenous peoples.
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