United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sponsor: Canada

Signatories:

Expanding Ethnic Conflict Prevention Training Through UNITAR

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

Recognizing that Indigenous Peoples are often involved in territorial and resource conflict with the dominant society,

Noting with regret that the rapid pace of globalization has accelerated ethnic conflicts,

Reaffirming Article 40 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) that “Indigenous Peoples have the right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair procedures for the resolution of conflicts and disputes with States or other parties,”

Guided by the United Nations Charter underscoring the centrality of conflict prevention as a responsibility for the whole of the United Nations system,

1. Recommends the Member States to contribute supporting the implementation of the annual United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) training programme for Indigenous representatives;
2. Further recommends that the Indigenous Members select a representative to participate in the UNITAR training programme;
3. Expresses its hope that the selected Indigenous representatives will receive training specifically in conflict prevention and peacemaking capacities;
4. Calls upon Member States and Indigenous Members to ensure that selected representatives are well-protected against any attempted threats, violence, and discrimination.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sponsor: Inuit People

Signatories:

Indigenous Lingual Digital Library

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

Recognizing that Indigenous Peoples make up less than 6% of the global population but speak more than 4,000 of the world’s languages,

Bearing in mind that Indigenous languages are the manifestation of extensive and complex systems of knowledge developed over millennia,

Deeply concerned that conservative estimates suggest that more than half of the world’s languages will become extinct by 2100,

Guided by Article 13 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) stating that Indigenous Peoples have the right to revitalize, use, develop and transmit to future generations their languages, oral traditions, writing systems and literatures, 

Noting with approval that the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages,

1. Recommends the creation of a digital library that preserves Indigenous languages and provides lingual educational resources for future generations;
   1. Ensures that the digital library is free and widely accessible for all languages to Indigenous peoples;
2. Calls upon each Nation-State and Indigenous Peoples to cooperate in determining the best methods in digitally preserving Indigenous languages;
3. Requests that Nation-States introduce legislation and policies that seek to preserve and revitalize Indigenous languages;
4. Encourages Indigenous Peoples to consider technological opportunities that can disseminate both Indigenous languages and knowledge;
5. Urges the United Nations to allocate I.T. professionals to maintain and manage the digital library;
   1. Affirms that these I.T. professionals managing the digital library adhere to the wishes and direction of each respective Indigenous peoples.

United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sponsor: Peru

Signatories:

Addressing the Needs of Land Ownership

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

Recognizing that the multinational oil companies in the areas of the Amazon have generated millions of dollars of revenue for this country,

Understanding that this revenue benefits all citizens of the country of Peru,

Considering that the tribal nations including the Quechua peoples may be adversely affected by the oil drilling in the Amazon, 

Noting that the current leaders of this administration have committed to repairing the relationship with tribal nations,

Emphasizing the importance of unity between nation states and their respective indigenous tribes,

Stressing that the most pressing issue at hand is in regards to the hardships faced by the Quechua peoples,

1. Recommend the process of relocating indigneous peoples from their tribal lands in the Amazon so that oil production may continue; 
2. Further recommends that the Quechua peoples be considered as a priority to be granted federal aid as a temporary solution as they migrate to a safer location;
3. Encourages a coalition between federal agencies and members of the Quechua tribe in regards to climate change mitigation and discussing the actions that can be taken to combat this dispute of land at hand;
4. Welcomes Quechua's objections to any of the above procedures and compromise as long as it does not encroach on the welfare of other social, racial, or economic groups in our nation.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sponsor: The Quechua People

Signatories: 

Land Is Life: Regaining The Rights To Our Land

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 

Considering that since the early 1970s the government of Peru has given multinational oil companies permission to exploit significant areas of the Amazon,

Understanding that these are ancestral and sacred territories of the Quechua peoples,

Stressing that we are suffering the health and environmental consequences of a poorly regulated extractives industry which attempts to threaten our cultural and physical survival,

Fully alarmed that failed efforts to help the Quechua peoples and other indigenous tribes did nothing to remove the lead, arsenic, mercury, chromium, and barium found in the local streams, rivers, and lagoons used for fishing, bathing, and drinking,

Deeply disturbed that the government has done nothing to treat the birth defects, learning disabilities, liver disease, skin rashes, cancers, and chronic head and stomach pains reported by our community among others in the area,

Recognizing that the oil companies that have polluted the waters of the Peruvian Amazon for decades continue to stunt our ability to maintain food sovereignty, livelihood, and the ability to thrive as a population in general,

1. Urges that the government answer our call to be granted them full title to our territories;
2. Demands that the government fulfill our rights to health, education and a development that respects our identity;
3. Requests that the government provide reparation for the damage to our peoples’ health and environment caused by the oil industry;
4. Calls upon the government of Peru to accept an elected member of each indigenous tribe in Peru a position within the government as a delegate/liaison for concerns and issues.

United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sponsor: Russia

Signatories:

Addressing Matters Related to Representation in the Media

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

Recognizing that the indigenous peoples of Russia only make up 0.2% of Russia,

Understanding that the most fair and equitable representation of our nation state is that of our popular majority,

Noting that indigneous peoples in the nation wish to seek a platform to strengthen and maintain their indigenous languages,

Emphasizing the importance of unity between nation states and their respective indigenous tribes for the sake of a cohesive and tranquil Russia,

Stressing that the Russian constitution provides for freedom of speech and press,

1. Recommends the introduction of indigenous peoples into mainstream media if said peoples will comply with the standard and need for all scripts to be written and presented in the traditional Russian language; 
2. Further recommends that for the proper integration of indigenous peoples into mainstream media, said peoples are prohibited to wear any traditional clothing or attire when broadcasted;
3. Encourages a coalition between federal agencies and members of the Yukaghir tribe in regards to freedom of speech and discussing the actions that can be taken to address the current absence of such a media platform;
4. Welcomes Yukaghir's objections to any of the above procedures and compromise as long as it does not encroach on the welfare of other social, racial, or economic groups in our nation.

 

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sponsor: Yukaghir People

Signatories:

Indigenous News Media and Radio Stations

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

Guided by Article 16 Section 1 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) stating that Indigenous peoples have the right to establish their own media in their own languages and to have access to all forms of non-indigenous media without discrimination,

Emphasizing the role that Indigenous media currently plays around the world in strengthening and maintaining Indigenous languages,

Affirming the crucial relationship between Indigenous languages and Indigenous identity,

Deeply concerned about the lack of Indigenous languages in mainstream media across nation-states,

Recognizing the inherent inaccessibility and marginalization that stems from the lack of Indigenous languages in news media,

1. Encourages Nation-states to develop legislation ensuring affordable access to radio frequencies and news stations for Indigenous topics and issues;
2. Recommends the input of Indigenous Peoples in developing a curriculum based on Indigenous news and topics of importance for radio and news stations to follow;
3. Strongly condemns nation-states that would seek to prevent the formation or expansion of Indigenous radio and news stations through the use of violence or intimidation;
4. Endorses the proclamation of 2023 as an International Year of Indigenous Media (IYIM 2023).