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Programmes to provide indigenous people with identity documents should also be
extended.
102. In consultation and coordination with indigenous authorities and organizations,
appropriate measures should be taken to improve the development and
implementation of education, health and economic development programmes and
policies in indigenous territories and to allocate more resources for this purpose. This
includes measures to extend educational and health coverage, with the necessary
infrastructure, equipment and staff. The effective implementation of bilingual
intercultural education must be assured in order to strengthen and, where necessary,
recover indigenous languages. National textbooks should include specific information
on indigenous peoples, their rights, cultures, languages and contributions to society.
Measures should be developed to recognize ancestral health practices and incorporate
them into health services in indigenous regions.
103. The Government should provide resources to enable the indigenous peoples to
develop and implement their own economic models and initiatives. It is also
recommended that measures be taken to support and promote communication media
for the indigenous peoples. Moreover, it is essential that the indigenous peoples should
participate fully and effectively in the management and spin-off benefits of their
ancestral heritage sites.
104. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to adopt the necessary
measures to regulate and monitor effectively underwater fishing and to address the
demands of Miskito divers and their families for health services, other necessary
social services and compensation.
105. The necessary resources should be allocated to enable the indigenous peoples to
develop their organizational capacities with regard to their own structures, cultures
and autonomy. Activities that divide indigenous peoples and organizations must be
avoided. Moreover, the existence of internal divisions should not be a pretext for not
adopting measures to resolve the human rights problems affecting the indigenous
peoples.
Other recommendations
106. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government, donor countries
and business partners promote and implement initiatives in support of the rights of
the indigenous peoples of Honduras, in consultation with them, in particular with
regard to their lands, natural resources, governance, social and economic
development and organizational capacities. To that effect, they should ensure that the
Voluntary Partnership Agreement under the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance
and Trade initiative (para. 44) and the private initiatives that they promote in
Honduras guarantee the rights of the indigenous peoples and their participation.
107. It is also recommended that the United Nations agencies in Honduras, including
the OHCHR representation in Honduras, should, in cooperation with the Government
and the indigenous peoples, provide the State with technical assistance to implement
the recommendations made in this report. The United Nations agencies should also
ensure that they consult the indigenous peoples when planning and implementing
programmes and activities in Honduras, in cases where such activities may have some
impact on the indigenous peoples’ rights and interests.
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