A/74/149 Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 II. Activities of the mandate holder in 2018 and 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III. Indigenous women and children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 IV. Implementing the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination through autonomy and self-government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Positive and transformative nature of the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Need for an intercultural understanding to implement the right to autonomy or self-government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 C. Cross-cutting elements for the exercise of autonomy or self-government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 D. Indigenous autonomy or self-government: a variety of contexts and arrangements . . . . . 10 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A. B. V. 19-11889 3/23