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calls on ASEAN to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are integrated into
the development process of the ASEAN charter.
103. The Permanent Forum denounces the extrajudicial killings of indigenous
leaders and activists in several Asian States, as reported by the Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and
urges the concerned countries to investigate these reported cases and to provide
redress to the relatives of the victims.
104. The Permanent Forum commends the establishment and achievements of the
Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Programme of UNDP in Asia, and calls on UNDP to
ensure that the funding of that programme will be increased and that similar
programmes will be set up in other regions.
105. The Permanent Forum calls on the Special Rapporteur on violence against
women, its causes and consequences and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in
persons, especially women and children to hold regional consultations with
indigenous women in Asia, and requests that UNIFEM support such consultations.
106. The Permanent Forum fully supports plans by indigenous peoples’
organizations and networks in Asia to undertake assessments of how peace
agreements that affect them are being implemented in specific countries, and calls
on donor agencies to support those initiatives.
Half-day discussion on urban indigenous peoples and migration
107. Global migration increasingly affects indigenous peoples, creating new
problems and challenges for their cultures and livelihoods and, in some cases,
offering opportunities for improving their living conditions.
108. The Permanent Forum notes with appreciation the work done by the United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and other United Nations
organizations in this field, including the research initiatives that resulted in the
publication, in 2006, of Indigenous Peoples’ Housing Rights: A Global Overview.
109. The Permanent Forum also notes the International Expert Group Meeting on
Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration, held in Chile in March 2007, and
expresses its appreciation to the Government of Canada for providing funding to the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for hosting the event. It
also recommends that States, United Nations and civil society organizations and
other stakeholders contribute to the implementation of the recommendations
contained in the above-mentioned publication.
110. The Permanent Forum urges other States to provide similar support and urges
regional commissions to strengthen their focus on urban indigenous peoples and
issues, in particular regarding the implementation of the recommendations contained
in the 2006 publication.
111. The Permanent Forum requests that the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people undertake a study on
the rights of urban indigenous peoples and migration, paying particular attention to
their ability to exercise and enjoy their economic and social rights, and that the
study be considered at the eighth session of the Permanent Forum. The themes that
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