E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.3 page 22 80. The Special Rapporteur recommends that: (a) The decree on the recognition of the quilombos be maintained and fully implemented; (b) The Palmares Foundation should be strengthened in terms of authority in all government departments and financial resources, in order to carry out its fundamental role of identification and protection of the quilombos. 81. Concerning the indigenous communities: (a) The protection of Indian leaders and communities must be ensured; (b) The system of provision of health care should be revised in consultation with Indian communities, in the light of its inefficiency; (c) The Government should allocate appropriate resources in order to allow the implementation of a differentiated indigenous educational system, as provided for in Regulation 3 of the National Council for Education; (d) A parliamentarian commission on the violence perpetuated against Indians over their lands should be established. 82. Concerning Fundação Nacional do Indio (FUNAI) or the National Indigenous Foundation, the Special Rapporteur recommends that: (a) FUNAI should be headed by a person fully recognized and respected by the majority of the communities, and preferably as a meaningful message of confidence and empowerment, an indigenous personality. The Government is strongly encouraged to look into this matter, in consultation with the Indian communities; (b) FUNAI should receive sufficient additional funding in order to be in a position to complete the demarcation and registration of land within 2007; (c) The staff of FUNAI should comprise in a meaningful way, qualified members of the Indigenous communities on the basis of a careful geographic and ethnic balance. 83. Domestic workers, of which 90 per cent are Afro-Brazilian women, should benefit from legal recognition and protection, and be included under the protection of the labour legislation. 84. The Government should find appropriate affirmative action means to guarantee political representation of the Black and Indian communities in State institutions. 85. The Government and the Parliament should take action to impede and sanction the ongoing attacks and defamation against Afro-descendant religions. In this context, an interreligious national institution should be established, in charge of promoting dialogue and tolerance between religions and fighting against racial and religious discrimination and proselytism.

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