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and recognition of Mother Earth rights and submit a report to the ninth session of
the Forum in 2010.
77. The Permanent Forum recommends that WHO conduct a study on the health
effects on indigenous peoples throughout the world caused by uranium mining,
dumping of radioactive waste and nuclear testing on indigenous held lands and
territories, and provide a report to the ninth session of the Forum in 2010.
78. The Permanent Forum decides to appoint as Special Rapporteur Tonya
Gonnella Frichner, a member of the Forum to conduct a preliminary study on the
impact on indigenous peoples of the international legal construct known as the
Doctrine of Discovery, which has served as the foundation of the violation of their
human rights, and to report thereon to the Forum at its ninth session, in 2010.
Follow-up to the recommendations of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples and on dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
and other special rapporteurs
79. Pursuant to article 38 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, the Permanent Forum reiterates its invitation to States to
provide the Permanent Forum with substantive information on the implementation
of the Declaration and an assessment of the effectiveness of the Declaration at the
national and local levels.
80. The Permanent Forum strongly supports the position expressed in the outcome
document of the Durban Review Conference that States should take all necessary
measures to implement the rights of indigenous peoples.
81. The Permanent Forum recommends that States incorporate adequate
information on the implementation of the Declaration in their core reports to the
human rights treaty bodies.
82. The Permanent Forum recommends that the relevant treaty bodies take into
account the Declaration and urges States to include information regarding its
implementation in their reports to the universal periodic review of the Human
Rights Council.
83. The Permanent Forum recommends that States establish, where it does not
already exist, a national dialogue with indigenous peoples on human rights, based
on the Declaration.
84. The Permanent Forum recommends that the Secretary-General provide
adequate human and financial resources for the purpose of meeting the requirements
of articles 41 and 42 of the Declaration as they apply to the Permanent Forum.
85. The Permanent Forum recommends that all United Nations agencies, funds
and programmes, as well as the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
integrate relevant provisions of the Declaration into their policies, programmes,
projects and strategies.
86. The Permanent Forum recommends that States support the creation of
indigenous language and cultural studies centres in universities and encourage
universities to provide permanent teaching positions for indigenous peoples in those
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