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53. The Permanent Forum urges United Nations bodies and specialized agencies to
implement the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small
Island Developing States.
54. The Permanent Forum expresses its concern for the human rights of
indigenous peoples in the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the Pacific region and
calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to designate a Special
Rapporteur on the situation of indigenous peoples of those territories.
55. The Permanent Forum invites the Special Rapporteur on the human rights and
fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples to examine and report on the situation
of the human rights of indigenous peoples in Non-Self-Governing Territories of the
Pacific region, and urges relevant States to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur
for that purpose.
56. The Permanent Forum is concerned that the regional presence, representation
and services of United Nations agencies in the Asia-Pacific region are limited
mostly to the Asian subregion, and recommends that all United Nations agencies
review their operations to provide equal services to the Pacific subregion and
identify their operations separately according to the two subregions.
57. The Permanent Forum calls on the World Bank to activate the 2005 Extractive
Industries Review in order to address the impact and legacy of extractive industries
on indigenous lands, territories and resources.
58. The Permanent Forum invites the Chairman of the Special Committee to report
on the decolonization process within the Pacific region to the Forum at its eighth
session in 2009.
59. The Permanent Forum recommends that the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees ensure a significant focus on refugee issues in the
Pacific region, giving particular attention to the vulnerability of indigenous peoples
in that region.
Implementation of the recommendations of the six mandated areas of the
Permanent Forum and on the Millennium Development Goals
Economic and social development
60. The Permanent Forum reconfirms that the right to water is a part of
fundamental human rights and calls for the development of international standards
for the use, management and regulation of water.
61. The Permanent Forum welcomes the United Nations Development Group
guidelines on indigenous peoples’ issues, and encourages United Nations agencies
to actively disseminate, promote and implement those guidelines, particularly
among their country offices. In that regard, the Forum urges the Development Group
to give priority to the promotion, use and implementation of the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the most universal,
comprehensive and fundamental instrument on indigenous peoples’ rights, and to
fully reflect this in the next edition of the Group’s guidelines. The Forum also
recommends that donor agencies consider providing financial assistance to
implement the guidelines.
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