A/RES/74/135
Rights of indigenous peoples
New York on 22 and 23 September 2014, 8 in which Heads of State and Government,
ministers and representatives of Member States reiterated the important and
continuing role of the United Nations in promoting and protecting the rights of
indigenous peoples, recalling the inclusive preparatory process for the high-level
plenary meeting, including the comprehensive engagement of the representatives of
indigenous peoples, and welcoming and reaffirming the commitments, measures and
efforts undertaken by States, the United Nations system, indigenous peoples and other
actors in its implementation,
Encouraging the active engagement of indigenous peoples in the implementation
of the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly
known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, including at the regional and
global levels,
Recalling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 9 and stressing the
need to ensure that no one is left behind and to endeavour to reach the furthest behind
first, including indigenous peoples, who should participate in, contribute to and
benefit without discrimination from the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and
encouraging Member States to give due consideration to all the rights of indigenous
peoples while implementing the 2030 Agenda,
Stressing the importance of promoting and pursuing the objectives of the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples also through international
cooperation to support national and regional efforts to ach ieve the ends of the
Declaration, including the right to maintain and strengthen the distinct political, legal,
economic, social and cultural institutions of indigenous peoples and the right to
participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life
of the State,
Bearing in mind the policy instruments in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly
and Regular Migration 10 for Member States to draw on, including to respond to the
needs of migrants who face situations of vulnerability, including indigenous peoples,
Taking note with appreciation of the agreed conclusions of the sixty-third
session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 11 in which Governments at all
levels and as appropriate, with the relevant entities of the United Nations system and
international and regional organizations, within their respective mandates and bearing
in mind national priorities, were urged to promote and protect the rights of indigenous
women and girls living in rural and remote areas by addressin g the multiple and
intersecting forms of discrimination and barriers they face, including violence,
ensuring access to quality and inclusive education, health care, public services,
economic resources, including land and natural resources, and women ’s access to
decent work, and promoting their meaningful participation in the economy and in
decision-making processes at all levels and in all areas, while respecting and
protecting their traditional and ancestral knowledge, and while recognizing their
cultural, social, economic, political and environmental contributions, including to
climate change mitigation and adaptation, and noting the importance for indigenous
women and girls of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples,
Recognizing that violence against indigenous women and girls has a negative
impact on their enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and constitutes
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2019, Supplement No. 7 (E/2019/27),
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