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activities is disseminated in all countries and to the greatest possible
extent in indigenous languages, to be financed from within existing budgetary
resources;
(e)
Report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on progress
made at the national, regional and international levels in accomplishing these
objectives;
14.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
take into account the special concerns of indigenous people and the goals of
the Decade in the fulfilment of his functions;
15.
Requests the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, bearing
in mind the contribution that indigenous people have the capacity to make, to
establish a unit within the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat to
support its activities related to indigenous people, in particular to plan,
coordinate and implement activities for the Decade;
16.
Invites the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights to
consider the appointment of a fund-raiser who could develop new sources of
funding for the Decade;
17.
Requests the Administrative Committee on Coordination, through its
inter-agency process, to consult and coordinate on the Decade, with a view to
assisting the Coordinator of the Decade to fulfil his function, and to report
on activities of the United Nations system in relation to the Decade to the
General Assembly in each year of the Decade;
18.
Invites United Nations financial and development institutions,
operational programmes and specialized agencies, in accordance with the
existing procedures of their governing bodies:
(a)
To give increased priority and resources to improving the
conditions of indigenous people, with particular emphasis on the needs of
those people in developing countries, including by the preparation of specific
programmes of action for the implementation of the goals of the Decade, within
their areas of competence;
(b)
To launch special projects, through appropriate channels and in
collaboration with indigenous people, for strengthening their community-level
initiatives, and to facilitate the exchange of information and expertise among
indigenous people and other relevant experts;
To designate focal points for coordination with the Centre for
(c)
Human Rights of activities related to the Decade;
19.
Encourages Governments to support the Decade by:
(a)
Contributing to the United Nations Trust Fund for the Decade;
(b)
Preparing relevant programmes, plans and reports in relation to
the Decade, in consultation with indigenous people;
(c)
Seeking means, in consultation with indigenous people, of giving
indigenous people greater responsibility for their own affairs and an
effective voice in decisions on matters which affect them;
(d)
Establishing national committees or other mechanisms involving
indigenous people to ensure that the objectives and activities of the Decade
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