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98. The Permanent Forum recommends that WHO carry out a desk study on the
prevalence of diabetes among indigenous peoples in all regions of the world and
report on its findings at the sixth session of the Permanent Forum.
99. The Permanent Forum welcomes the work carried out by ECLAC through the
Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population
Division on the production and analysis of available census data, incorporating the
perspective and participation of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the
Caribbean, and recommends that ECLAC:
(a) Invite the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights to contribute to its
work on indicators;
(b) Increase the number of technical studies that contribute to the
development of culturally sensitive indicators in order to monitor Millennium
Development Goals as part of a coordinated effort by other parts of the United
Nations system;
(c) Build capacity and provide technical assistance to governmental officers
and indigenous organizations in the production, analysis and use of
sociodemographic information for public policies, in particular taking into account
the 2010 census round;
(d) Mainstream indigenous peoples’ views in all relevant activities of the
institution in the context of economic, social and cultural rights.
100. The Permanent Forum, taking note with appreciation of the research
contribution of the Arctic Human Development Report 19 in elucidating the state of
human development of indigenous peoples in the Arctic, welcomes the ongoing
work of the Arctic Council, Governments, indigenous peoples and research
institutions undertaken to identify relevant indicators on the human development,
environment and well-being of indigenous peoples in the Arctic region, as a
concrete follow-up to the Report’s recommendations and as a contribution to the
global effort towards identification of indicators and data collection relevant to
indigenous peoples.
101. The Permanent Forum invites Governments, United Nations organizations and
their regional offices, universities and research bodies to support the convening of
regional workshops and other activities in the Arctic, Asia, Africa, Latin America
and the Pacific to identify indicators relevant to indigenous peoples’ poverty and
well-being, traditional knowledge and biodiversity, with a view to monitoring
progress in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the
objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
102. The Permanent Forum strongly encourages States to provide disaggregated
data on health and social welfare indicators for indigenous populations in order to
better assist in the monitoring and evaluation of outcomes at the national and
international levels.
103. The Permanent Forum invites the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous
Issues for the Permanent Forum, Governments and donors to maximize
collaboration, avoid duplication and advance joint efforts to strengthen work on data
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