Rights of indigenous peoples A/RES/73/156 20. Reaffirms the importance of effective accountability with regard to violence against indigenous women and girls, including sexual violence, abuse and exploitation, and of taking adequate measures to prevent and eliminate such violence; 21. Invites the Commission on the Status of Women to consider indigenous women’s issues, among others, at the sixty-fourth session of the Commission, to be held in 2020, to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, and encourages Governments to cooperate with indigenous peoples at all levels on preparations for the 2020 review so as to benefit from their experience and expertise; 22. Encourages States to consider including in their reports related to indigenous peoples and women information on the progress made and challenges in the implementation of Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 4 9/7 of 11 March 2005, entitled “Indigenous women: beyond the ten-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action”, 15 and 56/4 of 9 March 2012, entitled “Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication ”; 16 23. Encourages Member States to establish national mechanisms with adequate funding for the successful implementation of the plan for the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages in partnership with indigenous peoples, and invites indigenous peoples, as custodians of their own languages, to initiate and develop their own action plans and appropriate measures for the International Year and awareness-raising campaigns to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages; 24. Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in active collaboration with other relevant United Nations entities, to organize, as a major event of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, a high-level event on indigenous languages, aiming to consider an outcome document on the International Year, which would be preceded by regional events or preparatory meetings, with the participation of indigenous peoples, encourages Member States to support their organization, and encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to submit a report on all activities to the General Assembly; 25. Decides to convene a high-level event during 2019, organized by the President of the General Assembly, for the conclusion of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, and further requests the President of the General Assembly to support initiatives relevant to the successful celebration of the International Year, within existing resources; 26. Encourages Governments to redouble efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, both in legislation and in practice, in the context of respect for the human rights of indigenous children, including through international cooperation, as appropriate; 27. Also encourages Governments to promote actions to eliminate malnutrition of indigenous children, especially for those living in rural areas, providing them adequate food, water and sanitation, education, health and basic services, and to implement actions for poverty eradication; 28. Encourages transnational corporations and other business enterprises to respect human rights, including the rights of indigenous children, a nd to eliminate the worst forms of child labour from their operations; __________________ 15 16 18-22251 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2005/27 and E/2005/27/Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D. Ibid., 2012, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2012/27 and E/2012/27/Corr.1), chap. I, sect. D. 7/8

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