United Nations E/C.19/2015/L.2
Economic and Social Council Distr.: Limited
24 April 2015
Original:
English
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Fourteenth session
New
York, 20 April-1 May 2015
Draft report
Rapporteur: Ms. Kara-Kys
Arakchaa
Chapter I
Matters calling for action by the Economic
and Social Council or brought to its attention
B. Matters brought to the attention of the Counci
1.
The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has identified the proposals, objectives, recommendations and areas of possible future action set out below and, through the Economic and Social Council, recommends that
States, entities of the United Nations system,
intergovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples, the private sector and non-governmental organizations
assist in their realization.
2.
It is the understanding of the secretariat of the Permanent Forum that those proposals, objectives, recommendations and areas of possible future action to be carried
out by the United Nations, as
set out below, will be implemented
to the extent that resources
from the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources are available.
Recommendations of the Permanent Forum
Outcome of the high-level plenary meeting of the General
Assembly known as the World
Conference on Indigenous
Peoples
3.
The Permanent Forum notes that some
States have developed national institutions to protect the
rights of indigenous peoples, such as ombudsmen, ministries
and presidential councils, in addition to providing for the constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples and their proportional representation at various levels of government. Likewise, many United Nations agencies have also played an active
part in implementing the principle of free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples during the implementation of their programmes in various countries.
4.
The Permanent Forum welcomes the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples (resolution 69/2), which memorializes the solemn commitments of Member States to the Charter of the United Nations and the rights affirmed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples. The Forum also welcomes the designation
by the Secretary-General of the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and
Social Affairs as the senior official within the United
Nations to coordinate
action in follow-up to the outcome
document, including the system-wide action plan to ensure
a coherent approach to achieving the
ends of the Declaration.
5.
The Permanent Forum recommends
that States, indigenous
peoples and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes immediately engage in a consultative process focused on the full and effective implementation of the outcome document at the local, national, regional and international levels. It also recommends that the Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs
outline and provide a procedure to guarantee the direct participation of representatives
of indigenous peoples,
including the expert members of the Forum, in
the preparation and coordination
of the system-wide action plan,
with the objective of
promoting and protecting the human rights of indigenous peoples and to enhance
and increase the coherence
of the activities of the United Nations
system in that regard.
Such specific action should
be reported to the Forum at
its fifteenth session.
6.
The Permanent Forum recommends
that the General Assembly consider establishing a new procedure,
in collaboration with indigenous peoples, to guarantee the effective
participation of representatives
of indigenous peoples and,
in particular,
indigenous governance institutions, in the seventieth session of the Assembly, including
a corresponding accreditation mechanism.
7.
The Permanent Forum welcomes the fact that the Human Rights Council will initiate a review of
the mandate of the Expert
Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples in June 2015 and recommends that it do so with the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples. Any revised
mandate should complement
the mandates of the Forum and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.
8.
The Permanent Forum welcomes the interest expressed at the interactive dialogue on the follow-up to the World Conference held by the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs on 22 April 2015, in
which States and indigenous peoples stressed the importance of repatriating
ceremonial objects and human remains.
The Forum therefore recommends that States and indigenous peoples establish a working group to prepare
a manual of good
practice with regard to
the repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains, with the support of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other United Nations
entities, and submit a progress
report to the Forum at
its fifteenth session.
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United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Fourteenth Session of the Permanent Forum
The fourteenth
session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will be held in UN
Headquarters, New York from 20 April to 1 May 2015.
Statements from the session can be found on the UN Papersmart page
Draft report
As the draft report on the fourteenth session is being prepared, different elements of the report become available as draft reports. These "L" documents will eventually be combined into the final report of the session. Note that these are draft reports. They are not final drafts.
E/C.19/2015/L.2 Outcome of the high-level plenary meeting also known as the World Conference on Indigenous People
E/C.19/2015/L.3 Indigenous peoples and the post 2015 development agenda
E/C.19/2015/L.4 Youth self harm and suicide
E/C.19/2015/L.5 Half day discussion on the Pacific region
E/C.19/2015/L.7 Comprehensive dialogue with United Nations agencies
