H.91 - Active and high-level indigenous participation in international assemblies and conferences

Priority measure number
91
H.91 - Active and high-level indigenous participation in international assemblies and conferences
Participate actively and at the highest possible level, with provision for the inclusion of indigenous peoples in national delegations, in the United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting entitled the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held in September 2014, as well as in other relevant international forums.

Comments

The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples was held in 2014; accordingly, this measure seeks to establish some guidelines to guarantee that the indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean participate in the official delegations to international and regional forums on population and development. From this perspective, some possible lines of action are: (i) create a participatory mechanism for indigenous peoples for implementing the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development; (ii) encourage and ensure that indigenous peoples’ representatives participate in meetings of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean; and (iii) promote and ensure the participation of indigenous peoples in the follow-up meetings to the International Conference on Population and Development.

Topic
 H. Indigenous people