A/RES/72/155 Rights of indigenous peoples efforts undertaken by States, the United Nations system, indigenous peoples and other actors in its implementation, Encouraging the active engagement of indigenous peoples in the implementation of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, including at the regional and global levels, Recalling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 7 and stressing the need to ensure that no one is left behind, including indigenous peoples, who should participate in, contribute to and benefit without discrimination from the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and encouraging Member States to give due consideration to all the rights of indigenous peoples while implementing the 2030 Agenda, Stressing the importance of promoting and pursuing the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples also through international cooperation to support national and regional efforts to achieve the ends of the Declaration, including the right to maintain and strengthen the distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions of indigenous peoples and the right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State, Welcoming the organization of the high-level event to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, in 2017, which took stock of the achievements of the preceding 10 years and assessed the remaining challenges for the rights of indigenous peoples and further follow-up to the Declaration, Bearing in mind the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants 8 and the commitments of Member States to address, in accordance with their respective obligations under international law, the special needs of all people in vulnerable situations who are travelling within large movements of refugees and migrants, including indigenous peoples, Taking note with appreciation of the consideration of the empowerment of indigenous women as the focus area of the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women, during which the Commission recognized that the economic empowerment, inclusion and development of indigenous women, including through the establishment of indigenous-owned businesses, could enable them to improve their social, cultural, civil and political engagement, achieve greater economic independence and build more sustainable and resilient communities, Recognizing that violence against indigenous women and girls has a negative impact on their enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and con stitutes a major impediment to women’s full, equal and effective participation in society, the economy and political decision-making, and in this regard recalling Human Rights Council resolution 32/19 of 1 July 2016, entitled “Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, including indigenous women and girls”, 9 which brings closer attention to this issue, and recognizing also the negative effects of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, __________________ 7 8 9 2/7 Resolution 70/1. Resolution 71/1. See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/71/53), chap. V, sect. A. 17-22961 (E)

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