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indigenous peoples, urbanization and migration, with an emphasis on indigenous
women and youth.
109. The Permanent Forum recommends that urban indigenous issues be given
important consideration on the agenda of the fourth session of the World Urban
Forum, and notes the organization by UN-Habitat of a round-table event on this
theme. The Forum urges States, United Nations agencies and indigenous peoples’
organizations to cooperate with UN-Habitat in the lead up to this and other events at
the fourth session, including through input and participation.
110. The Permanent Forum urges States, United Nations agencies and indigenous
peoples’ organizations to collaborate with UN-Habitat and other United Nations
agencies in their development of policy guidelines for local authorities on urban
indigenous issues.
111. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Statistics Commission advocate
for the promotion of indigenous peoples’ issues in the 2010 round of population and
housing censuses and the Demographic and Health Survey, and other surveys and
censuses, taking into account the global synthesis report on indicators of well-being,
poverty and sustainability submitted at the seventh session of the Forum. 8 The
Forum calls on all relevant United Nations agencies to support this initiative.
112. The Permanent Forum welcomes the policy guides that are being developed by
UN-Habitat, including on housing for indigenous peoples in the urban setting, which
will be presented at the upcoming session of the World Urban Forum, to be held
from 3 to 7 November 2008, in Nanjing, China. States are encouraged to support the
production of the guidelines.
113. The Permanent Forum notes the intention of the members of the North
American indigenous caucus to hold a conference on indigenous children and youth
in detention, custody, adoption and foster care, and urges members of the caucus to
invite members of the Forum, Government representatives and youth representatives
to discuss model programmes and effective measures to address the disproportional
representation of indigenous children and youth in detention, custody, adoption and
foster care.
Future work of the Permanent Forum
114. The Permanent Forum welcomes the establishment in Bolivia in 2006 of the
National Council for Dialogue among indigenous peoples and the United Nations
system. The Forum notes that the work of the consultative group is consistent with
the mandate of the Forum, and it therefore recommends that this good example be
replicated in other countries, in accordance with the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
115. The Permanent Forum recommends that United Nations country teams involve
members of the Forum in dialogue processes with indigenous peoples.
116. The Permanent Forum notes the proposed Celebrate Life through Sports and
Culture within the World Indigenous Nations (WIN) Games and Sports, to be held in
Winnipeg, Canada, in August 2012. The Forum encourages indigenous peoples,
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